Struise Black Damnation XII - Nuptiale A2
Single cask, ripened on Anguilla rhum barrels with peaches.
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161 reviews
Oostvleteren, Belgium
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Bottle thanks to Gibson. Pours a dark brown with beige head leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is strong booze, roast, wood, peach. Thin mouth with strong roast, oak, light peach, nice sweetness, booze finish, very nice.
A gusher. Inky black with large chocolate brown head. Strong oak barrel and brettanomyces aroma, with rummy notes, dark chocolate, a little coffee, some molasses. Very smooth fruity peach flavour, dark chocolate, big oak and brett character, lots of roasty and meaty character too. Medium bodied, low carbonation and smooth. Complex and really enjoyable.
On tap at Chez Moeder Lambic Saint-Gilles, march 15th 2015. Black body with a small beige head. Aroma is leathery with licorice, wood, rum. Taste is medium sweet, rich in chocolate and coffee, mild berry notes, full bodied roasty finish. Excellent complexity, yet another great Damnation!
Shared bottle at local tasting. Pours black with no head. Aroma of deep red fruits, liquorice and roast. Taste is light sweet, creamy mouthfeel, roasted smooth malts, lovely all over.
Delt 0,5 l flaske på RBHD-treff desember-15. Svart kropp med et fingertykt tett brunt skum. gode boozy fatnoter. Kraftig søt med rom og fatnoter. Full kropp.
Almost dark, bit of beige foam. Aroma is sweetish, sort of simple actually. No sour notes but also not overly full or smokey. Taste is also subtle, sweetish, barrel is there but not overpowering. Actually easy drinking although there is this strong alcohol tingle at present. Finish has some peat. Not very long though.
Sample from someone at Borefts. Pours black with a big brown head. Aromas of peach, candy, sugar, molasses, roast, chocolate. Taste is roasty, has a lot of chocolate, vanilla, spice, candy, dark sugar, malty, slight tartness - maybe from the peach?
Bottle shared at a tasting. Thanks Jon! Pitch black with no head. Oaky nose with some peach and light rum notes. Taste is fairly boozy, but the peaches are there with some spicy rum character on the finish.
Bottle. Thanks Jon. Very smooth, aroma is nutty, roast, booze. Taste is great, booze again, sweetness, can kind of get the peaches, bit of roast, rich and fruity. Can only find rum if I really think about it.
Bottle - Sweet dark malts, I get a bit of the peach and maybe some rum sweetness. Jet brown with a froth light brown head. Sweet dark roasty notes, bit of alcohol heat
750mL bottle, pours black with a large brown head - bottle sort of exploded upon opening. Aroma brings out lots of peaches, rum barrels, and a little roast. Flavour is fairly intense, with loads of liqueurized peaches, rum barrels, and a little roast. Very high carbonation, almost to the point of hinting at a slight infection, but the taste is fine. Very nice stuff.
Pitch black color. Decent rum character lots of roasted malts fairly boozy. Nice.
Poured into a teku showing pitch black and no head.
The nose shows lots of oak with hints of peaches.
The palate is smooth, silky and medium bodied with barely any carbonation. Moderately sweet fruit flavors, intermediate flavors of lightly brewed coffee, rum alcohol burn on the finish.
Bottle. Pour is deep dark brown with a large brown head. Aroma and flavor are spicy caramel malt, light coffee, Belgian yeast, and a light acidity. Very drinkable.
Bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, wood, caramel and vanilla. Flavor was slightly sweet with dark chocolate, rum, coffee, roasted malts, caramel, oaky wood, dark fruit, and had a hint of peaches. Creamy smooth texture, full bodied, soft carbonation.
Bottle. Dark brown pour with a mocha head. Dark roasted malt bouquet. Sweet caramels and chocolate give way to bitter roasted malts. Really good body and mouthfeel.
Bottle... Pours black with a small, brief, off-white head. The aroma is far more restrained than I expected, but I’m finally able to pull a few things from my glass - dust, fudge and port. Full-bodied with a sticky mouthfeel and soft carbonation. At room temperature, the flavor is roasty, fruity-sweet and lightly tangy accompanied by a hint of almond or amaretto. Finishes roasty with a bittersweet, peachy aftertaste. Odd, but not at all bad. Bottle courtesy of darkguardian or biggsbowler! I can’t remember which.
750 mL bottle poured into a snifter. Black with a big khaki head. Smells strongly of caramel. Lots of booze. I guess it’s rum barrel. Some sort of bright aroma behind all of it. Taste is very sweet. Caramel and a fruity brightness that almost tastes acidic. After a while, as it warms up, it begins to taste like peaches. Heavy and boozy. Well carbonated. Intense. Strange fruit addition, but it kinda works.
750ml bottle @ Vesakkotien Virkistyskeskus. Vintage 2012.
Black colour with a tan head. Strong, alcohol, slow sipper, sweetness, dark fruits. Good.
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Bottle. Dark pour with brown head. Peaches a background tone, chocolate, roasted and a touch of alcohol toned aromas. Flavors are sweet malts, chocolate and roasted tones, peach an after thought.
750ml bottle of 2012. Pours a black color with a huge amount of head. Foam gushed from the bottle after the first pour. Surprising for a beer of this strength. Needs a few minutes to breathe. Smooth flavor of peach, rum and hops.
Black with rich brown head. Fruity aroma of dried plums, some raisins and cherry notes. Fruity sour sweet taste of dried plums with good bitterness rich of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee notes.
Took a sample as a lottery beer at World of Beer Fest Milwaukee. So glad Jerkane picked this one for us. Thick, viscous offering. Tastes is like coffee and cream. Couldn’t tell it was 13% alcohol. Really hope I can find this bottled in the States - I would buy a case right now.
Bottle a black colored beer with brown head aroma roasted malts caramel dreid fruits fruits peach spicy some coffee some chocolate and hops flavor roasted malts spicy caramel fruits dried fruits oak spicy coffee some chocolate and hops
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is roasted chocolate, sugary, light peach, taste is rich, sweet chocolate, sugary, fruity peach. Seems a little thin in the body for a 13% beer, doesn’t drink like one.
From a 750ml bottle on 23/4/2015 (a birthday present from my wonderful wife). Pours close to black with a big tan head, with audible fizzing on the pour. The bottle gushed big time on popping the cap, requiring a bit of rushed consumption. Has a strong, quite unusual nose featuring chocolate, soy, booze and peach. The flavour is big rich and bold - mainly milk and dark chocolate, with some caramel, rum, raisins, prunes and peach. Really smooth and complex. It presents as a big beer but hides the 13% well enough to make dangerously easy to down. The texture is creamy bordering on syrupy, with the carbonation lively. This my first Struise and first Black Damnation, but won’t be my last. A terrific impy.
Bottle from Bier Temple, Brugges. Hints of chocolate and coffee. Vanila and of course rhum. Although peaches were used for this beer they do not add much of a taste. At least I didn’t understand it. Also taste of berries and liquorice. Dark colour with brown head. Another good brew from Urbain.
One of the Black Damnations I hadn’t tasted yet, apparently only one batch dating back to 2012, but I fortunately found this vintage bottle online somewhere. Opaquely black colour under a thick, creamy, lively crackling, deep beige head, captured after a dramatic form of gushing - not only did the foam ejaculate from the bottle upon opening, it kept creeping out even after I had poured half of it in a large wine glass so I constantly had to keep an eye on it. Complex, rich and strong bouquet of brown rhum, cappuccino, sweet sherry, liquorice, some shoe polish-like solvents but surprisingly working well in the whole, overripe peaches (which I understand have actually been used here), elderberries, a subtle finesse of coffee liqueur, blackcurrant, brown sugar, sour cream, brown bread, passion fruit, wet leather, candied figs, bayleaf, candied orange peel and of course a truckload of bitter chocolate. Taste is thick and rich as well; candied fruits at first, as well as a hint of canned peaches sweetness, Belgian estery yeastiness but not overpowering, medium carbonation (just the right amount for the style), sour fruit touch (berries) as well as a low ’background’ sourishness; deep oily maltiness follows, thick, oily and vinous body, very chocolatey and nutty, with subtle spicy notes playing above. Finishes in a pleasantly gentle coffee-like roasted bitterness as well as strongly lingering bitter chocolate maltiness, somewhat tangy and orangey spiciness paired with a peppery and spicy hop bitterishness, not too strong but providing perfect balance; oaky woodiness, though less tannin-like than I had expected; and of course a great deal of warming, rhum-like alcohol, though it somehow manages to remain subtle, as is the case in Black Albert or most other Black Damnation offerings. In all: a complex, very well crafted stout, in which the brown rhum barrels and the peaches did add finesse and blend in beautifully without disturbing the balance. I passionately hate gushing, but in a beer of this quality, I can easily forgive that. What gained my sympathy here, is that the sweetness, though quite intense, does not stick to the palate, and the presence of rhum stays in the background - in fact, I had more famous American barrel-aged stouts not achieving these two features to the same degree. Glad I tasted this, this may well be the best one in this series for me, absolutely delicious, and the oxidation of three years only added to its complexity... Now on the search for the other Black Damnation issues I missed!
light burnt Vanilla aroma,black, brown foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light burnt and light bitter nice finish.
Dark brown coloured and almost clear. Has a light brown head, medium duration. Sweet, roasted aroma, lightly perfumed/floral. Sweet flavor, roasted, faint burnt.