Ellezelloise Hercule Stout 3.87 590

Ellezelloise Hercule Stout

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Ellezelloise
Style: Imperial Stout
Ellezelles, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

send corrections | shelftag

Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
590	3.89/5.0	3.87/5.0	9%	77	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Bottle; Unfiltered.
The only self-proclaimed ‘Belgian stout’ – 9% by volume – named after famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirrot and considered a World Classic.
Made in small batches, then lagered for ten days in German oak casks.
"The Hercule is considered by many to be a classic – very malty, but dry, with a hint of sweetness in the finish, and perfectly hopped. It has a very distinctive and intoxicating spicy aroma of fresh spruce that suddenly, irresistibly, fills the room when the swing-top is released. This unique house character probably derives from the strains of yeast used by the brewery – and possibly from the fermentation in oak – because the beers are made entirely of malt and hops, without any spices or sugar."

Please Enable Javascript

This site requires javascript enabled and/or approval of googlesyndication.com.

Most Recent

Top Raters

Highest Ratings

Who's Rated This?

jzzbassman (850), New Albany, Mississippi, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Dec 19, 2009

Pours a deep brown almost black with a nice head. Nutty aroma, with an earthy and slightly smoky background. Lively carbonation whisks past flavors that go from oaky to chocolate, with a dry funky finish. Interesting beer.

ogivlado (3088), Zagreb, Croatia

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Dec 15, 2009

swing top bottle 330ml. -at Le Bier Circus, Bruxelles. Black coloured, small brown head, coffee nose. Vinous roasted malt, dark chocolate and coffee with notes of licorice and smoke. Alcohol well hidden. Slight roasty and bitter finish with pleasant chocolate aftertaste. Very nice imperial stout.

wekker84 (67), etten-leur, Netherlands

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 13, 2009

330 ml bottle a black colored beer with a little white head aroma of coffee caramel bitter and some spices taste coffee, drop, bitter spices and caramel

Dough77 (777), Aurora, Illinois, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	9/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 1, 2009

Strangely unique and complex. Pour out of the bottle is more soda looking, but the accumulated whole makes for a relatively dark brown bordering black pour with a big frothy beige tan head with little cocoa looking niblets sitting at the bottom. Aroma big on chocolaty liquor, some nice roasted malts, dark fruits, and lighter notes of caramel. Flavor maintains a heavy cocoa with dark fruits prunes mostly coming through as well. Definitley more going on in this beer, will need to revisit.

Travlr (787), Washington, Washington DC, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	16/20

Nov 22, 2009

Appearance is almost black with a thin, rapidly disappearing tan head and minimal to no lacing. Smell is of dark fruits, nuts and cocoa. Taste is very subtle, with plum, vanilla, roasted sweet malt and a dry slightly bitter chocolate finish. Slightly thin body for its style and strength, but a nice, understated, complex beer. I have one in storage for 13 months so far, very curious to taste it when it has matured a bit.

wimpie133 (185), Brugge, Belgium

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 22, 2009

Bottle, 33 cl. Dark (black) beer with little white head. Tremendous pallet of aroma with smell of coffee, caramel, sugar candy, malt and further on also light hoppy and light spicy notes. Overall not the best smell however. Taste of coffee, light caramel, light spicy with a light hop bitter aftertaste. Very good stout overall!

eManu (209), Brussels, Belgium

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Nov 18, 2009

Pours a deep black color with a nice thick tan color head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, brown sugars and liquorice. Flavors are like the aroma, roasted malts, some coffee liquorice and spices. A little sweet and bitter dry with some alcohol finish. Very pleasant taste.

gunnar (588), Sandnes, Norway

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Nov 17, 2009

Bottle. Pours nearly opaque, with a small beige head. Strong malty roasted aroma, raisins and ripe fruits. Taste is medium sweet, with strong roasted malt, caramel and toffee. Light bitter towards the end, long lasting dark alcohol.medium body,

We Want To Hear From You

Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

Join Us »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

Share Your Opinion!

More Imperial Stouts By Style
Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout 93
Fitgers Cherry Edmund Stout (Bourbon Barrel) 99
New Holland Night Tripper 73
Thunder Canyon Warhead Stout 82
Walking Man Jaywalker Russian Imperial Stout 88
Big Sky Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout 78
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 97
Midtfyns Imperial Stout 66
Nørrebro SEVEN Imperial Stout (Niepoort Barrel) 88
Oskar Blues Ten FIDY (Whiskey Barrel) 92
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout 94
Milton Marcus Aurelius 74
De Molen Eiken Hel & Verdoemenis 73
Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout 98
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%) 96

please support all of this page