Barley Island Sinister Minister Belgian Black Ale

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Traditional Ale
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Bottle sampled at Noog Four-0 5/31/08 courtesy of heemer77: Pours a transparent dark copper with a thin, wispy white head. Aroma of sweet toasty dark caramel and a touch of milk chocolate and Belgian yeast. Body starts lightly sweet and toasty dark caramel malty with mild complexity and some drier doughy bready balance in the finish. A nice dark Belgian brew.

Pours clear dark brown with a lacy off-white head. Light body and medium carbonation. Light taste of toast and coffee, I think this beer was overwhelmed by what I was drinking before it.

Bottle courtesy STFun. Pours black with hints of red and a thin white head. Sweet malt, roasty grain and dark fruit aroma. Smooth crisp malt, sweet dark fruit taste. Hard beer to classify, but tasty nonetheless.

Dark brown, notes of pine. meh. Little sweaty, spun and nowhere all at once. Rhetorical.

Thanks, JCB, for sharing a bottle. Near black pour with bubbly off white head. Chalky palate. Roasty malty flavor with not much yeast action. Similar to dubbel. Somewhat thin. Okay.

Bottle shared by Jason. Thanks dude! Pretty uninspiring "Belgian" here. Roasty, coffee, light cocoa, nuttiness, slightly water, weak yeast character. Had this towards the end of the night, but it didn’t leave a lasting impression.

Thanks to JCB for sharing one! Pours a clear dark reddish brown with minimal head. Nose is light coffee, roasted barley, and chocolate. This share many similarities to a belgian dubbel

Thanks to JCB for sharing. Pours a dark brown with a light tan head. The nose is rusty, grainy, chocolate, mild coffee, earthy. The flavor is a tad watery, mildly chocolaty, roasty, some yeast character.