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Licorne Black
Brasserie Licorne
- From:
- Brasserie Licorne
- France
- Style:
- European Dark Lager
Ranked #80 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 71
Ranked #27,949 - Avg:
- 2.8 | pDev: 24.29%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 28, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 12, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 10
No description / notes.
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Ratings by donald_w7:
Reviewed by donald_w7 from Germany
2.9/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.9/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
A confusing beer. Looks ok and then you taste it. What?! It's a lager!! And then the sweetness kicks in. What the *#$§ is going on here. Then the 6% alcohol washes over you and your palate adjusts and you think, it's really not that bad. Get one for the novelty. Don't get two.
Jul 25, 2016More User Ratings:
Rated by mixer15 from Ireland
1.8/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
1.8/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
75cl bottle. Bad tack, it's like fizzy cough medicine. Overly sweet, hard to say much more about it.
May 28, 2023Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.89/5 rDev +38.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +38.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Brasserie Licorne “Licorne Black”
€3,90/,25L on tap at Academie De La Biere / Cathedral, Strasbourg, FR on 19.09.21
Look: Clear dark ruby body appears almost black in the full glass. Short head of creamy yellowed tan. Mountains of lace rise along the sides of the glass.
Smell: Nutty, toasty, and sweetly caramelish malt.
Taste: Sweetish, doughy malt with some caramel, toastiness, and nuttiness. There’s also some ‘cola’, mild dark fruit, and apple. Very subtle hops. Balanced by a light bitterness. Short lingering finish with the malt fading readily.
Feel: Medium to medium-light in body and gently crisp-then-smooth.
Overall: Quite charming with enough character to keep it interesting while also leaving it readily accessible and highly drinkable.
Review #7,483
Oct 01, 2021€3,90/,25L on tap at Academie De La Biere / Cathedral, Strasbourg, FR on 19.09.21
Look: Clear dark ruby body appears almost black in the full glass. Short head of creamy yellowed tan. Mountains of lace rise along the sides of the glass.
Smell: Nutty, toasty, and sweetly caramelish malt.
Taste: Sweetish, doughy malt with some caramel, toastiness, and nuttiness. There’s also some ‘cola’, mild dark fruit, and apple. Very subtle hops. Balanced by a light bitterness. Short lingering finish with the malt fading readily.
Feel: Medium to medium-light in body and gently crisp-then-smooth.
Overall: Quite charming with enough character to keep it interesting while also leaving it readily accessible and highly drinkable.
Review #7,483
Reviewed by eberesford from Canada (ON)
2.61/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.61/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Not thrilling. Looks okay- dark brown with frothy parchment coloured head. Both aroma and taste sweet - candy like licorice with hints of root beer. Not for me!
Jul 12, 2019Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania
2.5/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
On tap. Clear brown color with beige head. Aroma has sweet, sugary malt and a bit of dark bread crust. Taste is malty, sugary and sweet. Feels light and dry but it's also sweet and sugary at the same time.
Jan 01, 2019Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France
2.21/5 rDev -21.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.21/5 rDev -21.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Licorne Black a dark lager which has all the attributes of a dull lager + a chocolatey taste. This beer is quite thick and overly sweet. No balance. Not bad but wouldn't call it a beer
Apr 23, 2017Reviewed by Shanex from France
3.09/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.09/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Euro dark Lager, for the style I'm not going to be picky, bought the 3pack but not going to buy again, at least I tried, but France has much better to offer
Nov 16, 2016Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
2.83/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.83/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
500ml, sexy textured black labeled can, the first offering from this French brewery to broach Alberta's beerscape in quite a while, I'd say.
This beer pours a clear, dark bronzed brown colour, with one chubby finger of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat creamy tan head, which leaves but a few disparate instances of pillowy cloud form lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.
It smells of bready and doughy caramel malt, reduced store brand cola syrup, a hint of wispy smoke, sugary black licorice, and no real sense of hop bitterness, at all. The taste is more semi-sweet, barely grainy caramel malt, candy-bar toffee notes, free-range dark sugars, muddled generic black orchard fruit, a waning touch of vanilla and licorice, and still nothing in the way of off-setting hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite tame and ineffectual in its down-low frothiness, the body a sturdy enough medium weight, and mostly smooth, a sort of expected candy-like character carrying through at this juncture. It finishes well off-dry, the varied malt and fruit essences still not seeing anything in the way of counterbalance.
Overall, this comes across as one simple-ass, lop-sided, and pandering to the sugar-craving masses affair. I mean, I had my tongue-scraping sensors go off barely after popping the tab on this mo-fo, and remain on high alert ever thereafter. Yeah, not bad-tasting, sure, but not good, either.
May 17, 2016This beer pours a clear, dark bronzed brown colour, with one chubby finger of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat creamy tan head, which leaves but a few disparate instances of pillowy cloud form lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.
It smells of bready and doughy caramel malt, reduced store brand cola syrup, a hint of wispy smoke, sugary black licorice, and no real sense of hop bitterness, at all. The taste is more semi-sweet, barely grainy caramel malt, candy-bar toffee notes, free-range dark sugars, muddled generic black orchard fruit, a waning touch of vanilla and licorice, and still nothing in the way of off-setting hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite tame and ineffectual in its down-low frothiness, the body a sturdy enough medium weight, and mostly smooth, a sort of expected candy-like character carrying through at this juncture. It finishes well off-dry, the varied malt and fruit essences still not seeing anything in the way of counterbalance.
Overall, this comes across as one simple-ass, lop-sided, and pandering to the sugar-craving masses affair. I mean, I had my tongue-scraping sensors go off barely after popping the tab on this mo-fo, and remain on high alert ever thereafter. Yeah, not bad-tasting, sure, but not good, either.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
2.14/5 rDev -23.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.14/5 rDev -23.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Very sweet black beer, no evidence of any roast grains. As mentioned previously, like "A rum and coke" gone flat. Mouthfeel is light/watery, not much lingering aftertaste. Aroma also is overly sweet (sugary).
Jan 12, 2016
Licorne Black from Brasserie Licorne
Beer rating:
71 out of
100 with
32 ratings
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