Brugge Brasserie The Black

Brewed by Brugge Brasserie
Style: Belgian Ale
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

22. thanks scrizzz! pours a gorgeous ebony with a thick and creamy, if short lived, tan head and plenty of lace. tangy dark fruit and roasty malt on the nose. creamy medium body, much less carb than the head would indicate. nasty aluminum tang on the mid palatr, along with dark fruits and licorice. mild finish.

Had on tap at the brewpub while visiting town for my brother’s wedding. This was dark, roasty, estery, and delicious!

From the Bottle at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 10/10/2008 Some roast aroma. Black and fruity with some bitterness in a sour earthy finish.

Pours brown with a thin white head. Smells of roasted malt, some spicy hints. Tastes tarte and citrussy with soe lactic hints and a spicy finish.

750ml bottle: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany brown with a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of dry roasty dark malt, some Belgain yeast and an interesting sesame character. Starts with average fullness and some fizzy carbonation with a touch of grainy doughy malty sweetness and some earthy bitterness before a drier, toasty biscuity finish with a touch of milk chocolate. A pretty interesting and true to style dark Belgian ale. Could use a little more body and sweetness though.

25 oz bottle, via trade. Pours a flat black body with a rather large fizzy brown head that took a good long time to settle down. The nose is heavy on the roast which is nice, but there’s also this weird almost lactic like sour tinge that doesn’t work too well. Some dark fruits and molasses sugary sweetness. The flavor showcases that weird lactose like sour tinge even heavier than the nose. Nicely roasty with a lot of residual sweetness and some coffee, it’s almost like a Belgian Stout. Mouthfeel was medium bodied with way too much fizzy active carbonation. Overall, I can’t say that I was really digging this one.

pours a deep brown. sweet sugar nose. some tart and funk. Flavor is alcoholic, dark cherry, and tartness.

Thanks kiefdog for the share. Pours red-brown with an off-white head. Nose is sherry, tart cherry, fruitiness, molasses, and some booziness. Flavor is malt, tart dark fruit, sourness, slight vinegar, and a chalky finish. Medium-bodied and so-so.