Troubadour Obscura

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Stout
Lochristi, Belgium

Thick head, lingers and clings for a while. Aroma is a bit fainter than expected, but is definitely dominated by deep red fruits - cherries? - and some dry , roasted malts. Deep dark mahogany color . . . it was dark at the Muddy Pig, but the translucent red around the edges was still visible. Vibrant on the palate. As the aroma suggests, the taste is dry roasted malts with a good red fruit flavor (less distinguishable than I hoped -- tastes like aged dark cherries, but that’s more of an estimate than a definitive description). A bit bitter, but more so at the back of the palate - definitely a feature of the aftertaste.

Pours an opaque chocolate with a thick layer of rich tan head. Aroma is cherry tart and chocolate. Flavor is fruity, like chocolate covered cherries. Body is light but creamy with high carbonation.

A very nice, interesting, easily drinkable stout. Dark brown in color with a big foamy beige head. Aroma has distinct Belgian characteristics. Malty with some yeast. The flavor is well done with sweet malts, caramel and chocolate with a touch of roast. Palate is light but well carbonated. I’m going to get some more of this. Looks and drinks more like a Dubbel rather than a stout, but still quite enjoyable.

Tap @ Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC. Cloudy deep brown color, tan head. So this is supposed to be a stout?? Huge aroma of dark fruits and fusel. More of a Quad than a Stout... Flavor of sweet toast, rich dark fruit, and a touch of attic. 26 Oct 09.

750 ml bottle. Pours a cloudy very deep brown with deep rose red edges when held against light with a thin-moderate creamy tan head that faded after two sips left no lace. Very pleasant aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, yeast and some fruit. The flavor is similar with roasted malt, chocolate, yeast, apples and plums. Very mild bitterness at the finish. A bit light bodied for what I think of in a stout, but otherwise quite enjoyable.

Bottle. Poured out a murky creamy brown with floaties int it. Aroma is malt, chocolate, and vanilla. Taste is mild chocolate malt and vanilla creaminess. As I have said before fat kids like the sweet stuff and this is a good one.

Gusher #2 of the evening actually produces a pretty nice head atop a a very deep colored beer that shows a gorgeous dark ruby red when held up to the light, this looks exactly how a stout should. The aroma is yeasty and fruity some nutty and whiskey notes follow, smells like a distinctly Belgian stout. Flavor is plums, plenty of burnt toast, licorice, some smoky coffee, & a well controlled but ever-present fruity sweetness is fairly dominant here. Palate is full and mildly viscous. Man this stuff is pretty good.