Barley Island Sinister Minister Belgian Black Ale

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

Bottle shared by EDA. Very vegetal, simple sugars, watermelon, kind of interesting and complex. Pours like fizzy soda pop. Crunchy, chewy, lettuce flavor, very dry, a touch of belgian yeast. Not bad.

Pours brownish reddish black. Grapey, coffee-y, chocolatey aromas at first. Nice conglomerarion of flavors, very toasty and crisp - some coffee, again, some smokey flavors, some spicy notes. Fairly quaffable, too. Sampled at Noogfest 4.

Pours a brown color with an off white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, some roast, chocolate, and some earthy hops. Flavor is malty, caramel, roast, and an earthy finish.

Tasted at Noogfest 4.0 (2008). This Belgian Ale pours a medium black color from a 750ml bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is roasted malt, yeasty and dark fruit. A medium to light bodied Belgian Ale. The malts are chocolate and toffee. The hops are earthy. Lots of flavors going on here, some roasted malts and some smoke as well. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Bottle picked up in South Bend; poured a rich, dark brown with a small to medium off white head. Aroma of dark fruit, banana, yeast, roasted malt and chocolate. Was pretty thin and a bit watery. Flavor reminded me of a black lager, with some spice, nuts and a general earthiness. Easily drinkable, but it just didn’t come together that well.

Thanks to heemer for sharing at noogfest 08. A black pour with a nice aroma and some good flavors.

A fairly good Belgian. Full of flavor, whether it be from the hops (there’s a lot of them) or from the malts ( this runs high). It’s a decent Belgian.

Poured from a 22oz bottle and served in a tulip. This beer poured an almost black with some mahogany highlights and a one-finger thick head of tan foam that quickly faded into a thin cap. The aroma of the beer was made up of chocolate, dark fruits, and some earthy, fruity yeast esthers as well. The flavor of the beer consisted of spicy yeast, chocolate, plums, raisins, and a hint of smoke. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with a decent amount of crisp, aggressive carbonation. Not bad.