Tasting Notes: Brewdog: Black Eyed King Imp

Alcohol And Aphorisms

Brewdog: Black Eyed King Imp (Scotland: Imperial Stout: 11.8% ABV)

Visual: Black. Still. Brown bubbled rim and island of suds over the body.

Nose: Vinous. Bitter cocoa and white grapes. Chocolate dust. Rum soaked black cherry. Raisins. Coconut macaroons and treacle. Riesen chocolate chews. Hot fudge cake. Brown sugar. Nougat.

Body: Smooth chocolate liquore. Salt touch. Toasted teacakes. Chocolate chews. Bitter cocoa. Touch of alcohol feel at back of the throat. Sweet red wine. brandy snaps. Raisins. Golden syrup cake.

Finish: Malt chocolate. Oak. Touch of smoke. Toasted teacake. Bitter raw chocolate. Light marshmallow. Some bitter coffee. Fudge cake. Slight clean antiseptic alcohol.

Conclusion: There are so many beers in existence that, if they could deliver on what their aroma promised, would be the greatest beers ever. This is one of those beers.

It has all of my favourite things for an Imperial Stout aroma: Coconut macaroons, seriously, coconut notes…

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Thirsty Thursday: Tokio meets Brussels – Black in Japan

Tastes Of Brussels

Over the years breweries have tended to move out of cities, their locations making way for shopping centres and housing developments. A relatively new brewery, Brasserie de la Senne, actually situated in Brussels has, therefore, got to be a rarity. If the beers match up to this fact then we should be in for a treat!

On December 22, 2010, 7 years after starting a micro brewery together in Saint-Pieters-Leeuw, Yvan De Baets and Bernard Leboucq were able to fulfill their dream of producing beer commercially in Brussels at the Brasserie de la Senne.

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Beer Review: Lagunitas NightTime Black IPA