Black Damnation XXVI - Froggie
De Struise Brouwers

 

Pours a frothy thicker 1 finger tan head with good retention, sticky lacing, jet black beer

Nose brings loads of dark roasted malts, char, cocoa, a bit of fudge, some sweet caramel, cocoa, coffee, cookie dough and baking spices even a hint of anise, vanilla barrel, a bit of a red wine port and sweet red wine

Taste brings loads of roast and dark malt, cocoa, char, some espresso, a bit of fudge, mild bitterness, baking spices, anise notes, barrel spice into vanilla barrel, a bit of the sweet red wine and port notes, a little bramble berry as well somehow, sweet smooth vanilla spice, smooth mild perfumey alcohol, more anise and spice late, a bit more bitterness late, lingering cocoa, roast, and vanilla barrel spice

Mouth is fuller bod, smooth, fair warming but not hot alcohol, low carb

Overall nice beer, alcohol is hidden very well, some wine notes but hard to get it through the heavy malt profile, enjoyable

 

 

 

 

A 750ml bottle, bottled on 25th July 2018, and a best before date of 24th July 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.

Appearance: Black in colour with a nice frothy one finger brown head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.

Aroma: Roasted malts, light char, chocolate, cocoa, raisin, fig, dates, and a touch red wine vinous.

Taste: Roasted malts, bakers chocolate, espresso, light char, licorice, and red wine notes.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Overall: The wine barrels add an interesting dimension to the aroma and flavour, but it’s not among my favourites of the Black Damnation’s. It’s a decent sipper, but I didn’t think it was better than much of the whiskey barrel aged variants.

 

This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a small head, and not much lacing.

This smells like oak char, roasted malt, smoke, raisin, red wine, port, hot cocoa, spice, vanilla, and smoke.

Wine barrels seem to work quite nicely with the fathoms-deep darkness of the Black Albert. The heavy roast and dark fruit character of the base are played very well with the oak, vanilla, red wine, tobacco, port, red grape, blackberry, cocoa powder, and a peppery smoke note. This super, super complex, and is really wonderful.

This is medium bodied, pretty thick, slightly oily, with very little booziness to it.

This is extremely enjoyable, and continues to further my love for this weird little Belgian brewery.

 

 

 

MEGA stout

 

 

 

750 ml. bottle.
Moderate pour yields a well over one inch medium tan head over a black (Ya think?) body with some lacing. Head sticks around for the duration. Nose of dark malt, dark fruit, dark dried fruit, red grape, and a bit of charcoal. Whoa... Taste follows nose, with a definite hop presence and a bit of bitter chocolate. Jeez...What a beer! Very nice feel and overall, one of the best after dinner beers I've ever had! Find it and buy it!
Cheers!!!!

 

Snagged a 750 ml bottle on Tavour. $43.99 Now I know what you're thinking...44 dollars of your hard earned money for a bottle of beer. Well let's see what we got here. The amount of stuff going on in this bottle is insane. As soon as you pour it out you smell semi-sweet bakers chocolate and tart raisins. It melds so smoothly together without being too sweet. Chilling in the background, is the smell of molasses as well. When you get to the flavor, accompanying the chocolate covered raisins is this nice smokiness. Everything balances very nicely with each other. The tart from the wine, the mild bitter from the chocolate, and the smoke that sits in the middle. This is a beer that demands every bit of your attention and I would love to have it again. Now is this beer worth 44 dollars. Unfortunately, not so. But to be fair, is any beer worth that much?

Something just wasn't right about this beer. It had the potential for so much more. Metallic in both smell and taste. High abv which I love, but besides alcohol and metal, I don't taste too much else. Still better then a light beer.