La Mort Bourbon
Black Raven Brewing Co.

La Mort BourbonLa Mort Bourbon
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From:
Black Raven Brewing Co.
 
Washington, United States
Style:
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Ranked #7
ABV:
11.2%
Score:
94
Ranked #2,153
Avg:
4.3 | pDev: 8.6%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
53
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 24, 2023
Added:
Feb 05, 2012
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by CaptainQ:
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Rated by CaptainQ from Washington

4.6/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Sep 25, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.34 by QuakeAttack from California

Sep 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington

May 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.34 by CraftFan5 from New Jersey

Nov 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4.38 by FalconOne from Ohio

Jul 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4.16 by mdaschaf from Indiana

Dec 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by mmilyko from Nevada

Nov 15, 2017
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Reviewed by Eamonn-Cummings3 from New York

4.41/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 500ml bottle into a speiglau BA glass.

Look is a dark ruby amber with little to no head.

Aroma is deep vanilla slight fruity candy notes.

Taste is deep dark fruits with a vanilla bourbon at the end.
Oct 24, 2017
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Reviewed by Zythophile from Washington

4.31/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle Date: sometime in 2016
Palate Contaminants: other beer

Appearance is a translucent dark brown. It has some degree of opaqueness because there's more light on the edges, but it's not clear by any means. Slight amount of head.

The principal scent is cola. I'll also call molasses and what I can best describe as cloves plus cinnamon.

The taste certainly has bourbon, and I would call it the sweetest bourbon I've ever had (although the brew itself falls in the pleasant range). Cloves – and a little accompanying honey – are right behind that. Cola nut is still there, and quite a bit, too. There's also some burnt sugar hints, somewhere between rum and molasses.

There's lots of heavy sweet cream. The heat is well toned down, yet still detectable, almost as though it were spice. It still retains a fair amount of carbonation, coarse, but not prickly.
Jun 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.19 by 2GOOFY from California

Jun 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.73 by christinelovesbeer from District of Columbia

Jun 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.04 by RBuckley73 from Nevada

May 25, 2017
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Rated by rkarimi from Colorado

4.71/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
5-8
May 23, 2017
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.04/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2017-01-22
375ml bottle served in a large snifter. 2016 vintage.

Pours a dark brown, kind of hazy, not a lot of head, medium amount of fine carbonation. Smell is very strong bourbon, vanilla, with some belgian-style aromas like dates in the background. Smells a little boozy.

Taste is sweet, dates, vanilla, charred wood, raisins...it's actually very interesting. I was not confident that the bourbon flavors would blend well with the belgian dark flavors, but it's good.

Mouthfeel is smooth, just slightly effervescent, a little bit filmy. Overall, good and interesting.
Jan 22, 2017
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

4.35/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2016 Vintage drank 11/27/16
Dusty brown of beaten leather with a nice little tan head that settles into a crown and dusting, and leaves its mark along the edge of the glass beautifully.

Nose brings elements sweet vanilla bourbon to the forefront with a soft stone fruit and dates and raisins and other goodness you'd expect.

Much the same we start with dark sweet sticky raisins and figs and dates soaked in bourbon and dusted with a light hit of cocoa with hints of leather and tobacco. This beer impresses me more for its restraint and subtle melding than it does by being in your face and over the top (don't mistake this though: the bourbon is certainly there both in flavour and heat) and gives more more of a mature as opposed to brash impression.

Light sprtizy carbonation sits atop a body that is the thin of loose sheaves of paper, not a watery thinness.

Really dig this one. Will have to do some experimenting comparing year to year...
Nov 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.3 by lupercmda from North Carolina

Nov 15, 2016
 
Rated: 4.05 by drone from Oregon

Sep 19, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by Birdlegs from Washington

Aug 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.98 by bmf5581 from North Carolina

Mar 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.39 by VashonGuy from Washington

Feb 13, 2016
La Mort Bourbon from Black Raven Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 53 ratings