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Brouwerij De Moersleutel

 

 

Pours a pitch-black coloration with a small, fluffy, mocha-colored head. Smells of roasted, caramel malt and quite dark and bitter chocolate, with lighter notes of tobacco and licorice, as well as just a hint of dark fruits, peat and booze. Taste follows the nose, with a good balance of roasted, caramel malt, quite distinct dark, bitter chocolate, some tobacco and licorice, lighter notes of dark fruits: fig, raisin and just a hint of vanilla, peat and oak, with quite a warming, slightly boozy presence. Finishes with quite bittersweet, with a medium sweetness and bitterness, as well as some dark chocolate, tobacco and peat lingering in the aftertaste. Full nouthfeel with a rich body and light carbonation.

This has got quite a rich, warming character to it, and while it's definitely too sweet and boozy for my personal taste, the typical Moersleutel roasted, bitter character does shine through as well, providing a good counterpoint and balancing this out well enough. It's quite a sipper, to be sure, but also rather satisfying with the aging in different Scotch barrels showcasing some fruity, peaty, sweet and woody notes that complement base beer's roasted, caramel malts, tobacco, licorice and dark fruit nicely. However, the quite rich and boozy character, which turns even more boozy as this warms, actually makes it difficult to finish this in one go.

 

 

 

 

The RB crew left this can standing still half full at the morning tasting at Borefts 2019, so I felt free to pick it up. Pours a black color with no head to speak of. Aroma's: sweet, chocolate, light boozy, barrel. Retronasal it's woody, roasted, sweetish, boozy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, alcohol, roasted. Full bodied, chewy. Strong alcohol feel. Long finish with dark chocolate, sweetness and light bitterness.