Barley Island Sinister Minister Belgian Black Ale

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

Pours black with a fine white head. Aroma is rather sweet and yeasty. Moderate mouth feel with spicy, chocolate and caramel notes. Decent beer.

22 oz. bomber: Pours a dark brown/almost black cola color with a fizzy carbonated head that diminishes in the blink of an eye. Roasted aroma has hints of liquorice, and dark fruits. Flavor his sweet and spicy that tingles the thin mouthfeel. I did find it very refreshing and good. I was just disappointed with the appearance since it literally looked like I was drinking a flat Coke or Pepsi with no ice in my pint glass.

Very nice. There should be a category for black ales. Pours black with minimal rapidly dissipating head. Taste is sharp with notes of roasted malt, earthy notes and floral hops. Very good ale and would make for a frequent drink.

Poured a clear dark red-brown color with an off-white head. Chalky roasted malt with some phenoles, ash and hops all thrown in. Very light roasted sweet malt. Hint of chocolate. Light-medium body.

Bottle.Small tan head that mostly diminished, spotty lacing, transparent, carbonation observed, and a brown hue with a red tint. The nose was malty, roasty, licorice, lightly spicy, dark fruits, and some roastiness. The flavor was malty, lightyly roasty, lightly spicy,some dark fruits, and some smokiness towards the end.Tingly mouthfeel and medium in body.Quaffable, easy to drink and an interesting beer to rate.Worthy of a try.

From MI2CA, thanks for going through all the effort to find this for me, a trade that was months in the making. Pours a dark brown, almost black color. Aroma is what I was hoping for, new and different. There is an orange/licorice spice coming out, not sure what it is but it’s but its not overbearing, just there. Taste is light dark biscuit with light sweet earthiness to it. Very easy drinking and has none of the typical Belgian yeast dominance. I think its very quaffable with its low bitterness. It’s a nice obscure style and I wish I could try more like this.
22oz bomber, Rodenbach smaller tulip glass.

2007 bottle shared by beastiefan2k. Deep brown beer, thin fast fading head. Aroma is lightly licoricey with a light plumminess and a soft grapey vineousness. Lean dark malts, but not a lot of roast. Lightly spicy with a little bit of apple sweetness. Pretty decent brew. 7 3 7 3 14 Bottle shared by eyedrinkale. Brownish black with a light brown head. Sweet and slightly toasty aroam. A bit of light corianderish spiciness and some sweet nutty/chocolatey malts. Lightly spicy and yeasty with a bit of molasses on the back. Chewy and a bit of lightly leathery flavour as well. Quite a tasty brew.

Shared, thanks to beastiefan2k. Brown pour with reddish hint. The aroma has some dark fruit, sweet malt, and candy sugar. The flavor starts with lightly roasted malt, with sugar and floral / earthy spices. Interesting beer.