De Molen / Struise Brouwers Black Damnation

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial Stout
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Bottle from Alvinne. This black beer poured with a huge fluffy tan head and a strong coffee aroma. The flavor is all chocolate and coffee. This is a great beer. The flavor is very intense.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a huge brown head over a black body. Aroma of oak, peanut shells, chocolate, metallic, brown sugar and coffee. Taste is coffee, nutshells and Belgian yeast. Syrupy mouthfeel.

Bottle from De Bierkoning. Black with a huge, light brown head. Sweet malts, vanilla, coffee and chocolate aroma. Full chocolate andespresso flavours, mildened by vanilla. Dry roastedness, some salty meat. Full-bodied. Very complex.

Bottled. Pitch black coloured. Brown densen head. Sweetness, cocoa, chocolate, roast and grass in the aroma. Flavour is full of chocolate, roast, herbs and cocoa. Has a touch of coffee. Smooth and balanced. Medium to full bodied. Has a roasty and bitter finish, with just a light touch of alcohol. Very nice brew.

Bottle: pours black with thick tan head. Chocolate malts and coffee. Large alcohol taste. Complex flavor that I can’t describe very well, but some great descriptions fuiljin below.

(Bottle) Pours black with a large and creamy brown head. The aroma holds deep roasted and creamy notes up front. Strong tones of espresso, salt liquorice, cocoa powder and 99% chocolate. Complex undertones of dark fruits, tart blackberries, new asphalt/tar/burned wood, burned sugar/brown sugar/muscovado, burned cookies/cookie dough, dust and wet earth. The nose is aggressive yet extremely enjoyable. A whisper of vanilla, nuts and black cherries is also notable. The flavour is light to medium sweet, light to medium bitter and light acidic with notes of coffee/espresso, dark chocolate, light smoke, asphalt, liquorice, light dark fruit/dark cherries, liqueur, ash and warming alcohol. I like the roasted malt - there is no super heavy astringency, the tartness is more like tannin-ish fruits. The mouthfeel is round, bit smooth and light oily with a light to medium carbonation. Aftertaste of dark fruits and dark bread. Medium to full bodied.

0,33 l bottle, bought in Cracked Cattle, Amsterdam. Superbrutal black body with a superbrutal beige, stable and foamy-creamy head. Complex and powerful aroma of coffee, deep roasted grains, vanilla and chocolate, fine dried fruits like raisins and plum. Some spicey feeling in the nose too with a light cinnamon or/and ginger. Oily body with a character of an espresso coffee with chocolate, vanilla and cinnamon in the flavor too. Sweet because of high percentage alcohol what warms me up. Fine belgian-dutch yeast character in deep roasted aftertaste. Delicious and fine, the beer numbs my tongue, after a while my brain...

Thanks Patrik! Pretty close to black. The aroma is a mild but complex espresso showing cookie dough and vague nuttiness. Somewhat fizzy, which cuts through the rich chocolate. There’s nutty accents first then some espresso. The finish is a bit fizzy. Hints of alcoholic warmth coat the tongue as well. Another one that is interesting but not entirely cohesive.