New Belgium 1554 Enlightened Black Ale

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Crushed with Jakebra. Lotta poop on the nose. Not much else. Flavor is kinda roasty and sweet with less poop than the nose, but not much better. Drinkable but still quite poopy. New Belgium, you have yet to impress me.

On tap @ Fatty’s,Breckenridge, CO. Pours a deep dark black. Aromas of roasted malts, slight coffee & chocolate. Very roasty flavor & again with notes of coffee & chocolate. creamy body & mouthfeel. Good brew

650ml bottle poured into large tulip glass. Pours black with ruby showing through at the deep end of the glass. In the middle, though, this stuff is as black as Batman’s armor. Bubbly tan head, mostly diminishing. After taking a drink the lace runs down the side of the glass like a crystal waterfall. Aroma is roasty malt, chocolate, slight hop, and berry. Flavor is chocolate all the way, with roasty malt showing up too. Not bitter in the least bit. Body is bedium and very creamy. Leaves me wanting another gulp instantly. Slight dry chocolate finish, but it fits in perfectly. I would love to try this one draft.

Pours black with a tan head. Nose is malty and slightly fruity. Flavor has a little coffee and chocolate with a good amount of malt. Not a bad drinker.

1L bottle from local store. Pours dark brown with thin head. Aroma of malt and a hint of apricot. Smooth and crisp with moderate carbonation. The taste is of caramel and malt with a touch of chocolate and dark fruit. Good beer.

12oz bottle courtesy of lackenhauser poured into a pint glass. Looks dark, dark brown in the glass with hints of copper around the edges underneath a small, short-lived off-white head which leaves no lacing. The aroma is full of sweet lightly-toasted caramel malts. There are hints of coffee and chocolate that come out a little more as it warms. The taste doesn’t venture too far from the aroma and has dark sweet malts as the backbone with hints of smoke, coffee and chocolate on top. The finish is slightly dry and toasted. The mouthfeel is light for a Belgian dark but slightly heavier than a schwarzbier, so it’s an interesting mix. A tasty, if tough to categorize, black beer from New Belgium.

I don’t get it. very watery thin with NO taste big head/nice aroma but I found there to be a lack of flavor taste

Pours a cola color with low carbonation and a creamy, off-white head. Has an interesting, mellow nose of coffee, cigar, toast, and roasted barley aroma that translates into a smooth, cocoa and caramel flavor with a touch of sweetness. Not intimidating, quite drinkable, with some fruit (papaya) and yeast in the background. Medium-bodied, velvety, with a moderately dry finish.