Le Trou du Diable Sang-d'Encre
Bière d’un noir intense, coiffée d’une mousse moka laissant de riches traces de dentelle sur le verre. Nez généreux de café chocolat et de houblons herbacés. Ronde et crémeuse en bouche, l’amertume est soulignée par un trait anisé qui s’efface sèchement dans une douceur de sucre candi.[2013-05-05 Updated abv as per their website - jercraigs]
3.5
260 reviews
Shawinigan, Canada
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Nearly black pour with a thin light tan head. Dark chocolate, slight coffee, a little smoke and red fruit on the nose. Taste is similar - smoky, chocolate and coffee, a little cherry, fairly creamy with a dry finish
Bouteille de 375 ml. Couleur noire avec un joli col foncé. Arôme de chocolat, de café et de houblon fleural. Goût de café, de pain grillé et de fleur. La finale est sèche et agréable. En gros, c’est une bonne bière.
The beer has got a deep black colour with a big head and medium body. Aroma of malt and chocolate. Taste of malt, dark bread, hops, chocolate and coffee. Dry and malty finish.
Bue à la pression. Couleur noire intense, mousse beige qui a de l?endurance, nez qui semble être sur le whisky de prime abord. Ça se remet à mousser en bouche avec des notes de moka/praline, puis chocolat en fin de bouche. Pas mon genre, moi qui n?aime pas le café, mais ça passe.
Aroma of coffee and roasted malt. Appearance is a blackish brown with a huge tan head that retains exceptionally well. Taste is coffee, chocolate, brown sugar, earth. Palate is medium-thin with a dry and roasty finish. Overall- Well balanced and quite drinkable.
Bouteille. Bière noire opaque surmontée d’une épaisse mousse moka assez touffue qui tient bien la route. Au nez elle offre des arômes de café, de chocolat noir et de grains torréfiés avec une légère touche fruitée avec cassonade. En bouche les mêmes saveurs sont présentes avec une amertume modérée en finale et un corps léger mais légèrement crémeux.
Klares dunkles rotbraun mit durchschnittlicher Schaumkrone. Röstmalzig, etwas Kaffee, Mokka, dunkle Schokolade, etwas Vanille, leicht würzig.
dark brown, almost black colour, moderate sized beige-ish head; aroma of cocoa powder, dark chocolate, ash, some dried plum and sour cherry, as well as peated notes; taste is the same with considerably less intensity; a bit watery, which is fully acceptable taking into account that it is "only" a dry stout
0,375l bottle at home bought from Firmabier (I think). Bottle says 130215, which I guess means bottled on. There was another label on the bottle which seems to have been torn off. black color, medium big coffee-colored head. smells milky, earthy, light yoghurt, spices, some licorice, light parfumy. decent smell. medium body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes lightly sweet, some licorice, earthy, light yoghurt, spices. finishes lightly sweet with notes of licorice, some yoghurt and spices. still ok, but seems to be rather old.
On tap at Cirkus, Stavanger. Pours black with a small head. Aroma of caramel, weak roast and new roasted coffee. Taste is moderate sweet, dark roasted malts, coffee. Soft carbonated. Lingering roast and coffee.
Opaque black with a nice head definition. The 1 finger head is light brown and creamy, lasting around 10-15 minutes, but making no legs. Flavors of coffee, chocolate, smoked salmon and bacon, faint molasses, herbal spices. Creamy light body with a strong intensity. Lacks a little freshness being dry and bitter, with a present sugary feel. Ends with an earthy smoked bacon aftertaste. A mix between a dry stout and a rauchbier. Overall decent craft: the flavors are nice but the feel is a little off, can be a little harsh, too oily and too thin.
22oz bottle. Dark brown colour with a small tan head. Roasted malts, cocoa, vanilla and coffee in the aroma. Average to soft carbonation and medium body. Taste is medium sweet, roasted and light bitter with chocolate and coffee notes. Overall, nice beer.
Noire d’encre gros collet persistant.
Aromes torréfiés chocolat café.
Moyenne en bouche, finale assez amère mais relativement courte.
on tap scura buona discreta persistenzaschiuma spezia cioccolato amaro filo acidulo
22 oz bottle. Pours a dark brown with almost no head. Has a really nice hazelnut and cocoa chocolate. A little bready flavor and a bit of spices. Really nicely put together.
Nez: Chocolat, cigare
Bouche: Café, chocolat noir, vanille, fumée, liquoreuse, amertume en fin de bouche avec une sécheresse
C’est simple mais très bien fait.
On tap no bar Le Fine Mousse em Paris. ?5,5
Não eh meu estilo preferido. Preto profundo e espuma densa e duradoura. Sabor suave de café.
Black in color, but of a coffee start and dry finish, not my first choice but a pretty good Irish dry stout
Bottle. Near black in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas are of cocoa and espresso powder, vanilla, and pale malt. Well balanced on the palate between the dry/roasty (coffee and chalk) and the sweeter (vanilla and milk chocolate) elements. Even a little minty hop note shows up too. Complex and highly drinkable.
Bottle. Nearly-black pour with a tan head. Aroma is roasty, dark chocolate, a little creamy. Taste is rich and roasty, dark chocolate, a touch of coffee, fairly dry and bitter.
Dark body brown head nice lacing. Roasty nose. Taste of dark roasty malts, but not so complex. Quality dry stout but not something I’d go out of my way to have.
Really enjoyed this one! First smell remainds me a bit of an old bar. Not that pleasent. But as you make your way down to the bottom of the glass, this stout becomes increasingly omforting. It’s rounded warmth is a treat for the senses. At this low volume, an abslute favorite!
090116. A beer with a name that is difficult to pronounce but that is the only downside to this beer, not that this is even really a downside. I purchased this bottle from Cool Wine in Hobart a while ago and thought it was about time that I drank it.
The awesome looking label on the bottle certainly catches your eye and the label is both colourful and intriguing. While the outer packaging is very good it is the beer inside the bottle that really makes you sit up and take notice.
Black as coal with a smooth even thin layer of tan foam and aromas of dark chocolate. Cocoa, vanilla and toffee fill the nose. This is a beer that is visually pleasing and from the first mouthful to the last you get nothing but great flavour.
Much like the aroma the flavour is all vanilla, toffee and dark chocolate. While the beer is thin in the mouth it is as smooth as velvet and fills the mouth with flavour and leaves a slightly bitter aftertaste.
Brune noire opaque, nez café léger, bouche plus forte en notes torrefiées, première bouche assez fluide et peu lourde, arrière bouche tendant sur l’amère et pointe sèche. Pas fan du style et de l’apparence qui va avec mais celle-ci est accessible.
Bouteille 60cl (format sympa) au joli packaging achetée chez Intercaves, Noisy-le-Grand, France, bue le 13/01/2016.
Had it couple months ago. I remember it had a medium beige head. I remember it tasted well but I wasn’t marked by it as I was with other beers from that brewer. Still a very good brew.
Draught at Vices & Versa. Nice chocolate forward stout, round mouthfeel, herbal hops, notes of smoke and licorice, fairly dry finish. Solid stuff, could easily down a pint even without being a big stouthead.
Marrom escura, opaca. Espuma âmbar abundante de média duração. Aroma de malte torrado, com notas de café e baunilha. Sabor amargo equilibrado, com notas de café, chocolate, baunilha e um leve defumado. Retrogosto amargo com final adocicado.
Rating #1321. 11.11.2014. Bottle @sugarbowlcafe.Dark, black pour with a tan foam with decent retention. Aroma is very roasty, some cocoa, espresso. Taste is a hint of coffee, burnt sugar, finishes fairly dry. Quebecoisirlandais can be a word.
Dégustée en fût au Brouhaha. Un stout bien sombre à la mousse couleur blanc cassé, collante au verre et riche. De fortes arômes de café, d’une juste torréfaction de grains entiers rôtis. C’est réconfortant, serré et corsé. Malgré le manque de complexité, ces arômes sont très réconfortantes et les bienvenues par cet après-midi gris de milieu de semaine. Malts modérés en bouche où la rondeur fait légèrement défaut à la texture. Une belle amertume de houblons légèrement résineux balance parfaitement la torréfaction qui demeure au premier plan. Texture soyeuse, lisse et souple, un autre très beau produit de notre brasserie de Shawinigan.
Black with a pale head. Aroma is anise, chocolate, fig, hint of coffee. Medium bodied, lightly oily mouthfeel, bittersweet on the palate with a lightly astringent finish. Taste is mild coffee, anise, fig, chocolate.