Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
Brouwerij Angerik in Dilbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout Regular|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Oatmeal stout (though at lower ABV than is traditionally the case) from this still active microbrewery in Dilbeek. Thick and creamy, mousy, regularly shaped, quite dense, 'dirty yellowish' beige head, blackish robe with thin burgundy edge. Aroma of old coffee filters and coffee powder, dry and hard brown bread crust, old walnuts, dusty old jute cloth, dry tea, old 'fondant' chocolate with fat bloom on it, burnt raisins, dry autumn leaves, elderberry, nutmeg, minerals. Dryish onset, some dried fig and burnt currant aspects, clear but soft sourish undertone and a vague dash of old beef stock cubes; fizzy carbonation, rounded mouthfeel, feeling 'fuller' than one would expect at this ABV. Dry nutty and toasty middle with persistent sourish edge, brown-bready and a bit 'dusty' but also with a clear metallic edge; herbal, dry tea bag-like hop bitter accent in the finish, quite long, dry with ongoing dried-fruity touches and a lingering metallic 'zing' - though in this kind of lower ABV stouts, that does not really bother me too much. In all, even if perhaps a bit 'dusty' and herbal for the style, an accomplished stout, with remarkable body for its strength. Much better than expected, to be frank.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pours dark brown to black, small tanned head. Smell is roasty, coffee, bit rye indeed. Taste is full, roasty, chocolaty, coffee, ashy. Not as bad as feared.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
23 February 2019. (Tasting formerly known as) RBBWG. Cheers to all, thanks Kraddel for the hospitality! Cloudy black, slowly thinning, frothy, beige head. Aroma of toast, milk chocolate, barley & oat flakes, dried fig, raisin, faint vanilla, brownie dough. Taste is light malty sweet, equally chocolatey & nutty, restrained & subtle 'dry' fruitiness (fig, raisin, blackcurrant perhaps); light to medium roasted bitter middle brings toast, 'basic' coffee roast, some fondant, leading to a dry, herbal & earthy hoppy finish, more toast, coffee roast, retronasal note of brown bread. Medium body, slick texture, lively carbonation. Not overpowering, certainly decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
23/02/2019 - 75 cl botte shared on BBGG @Kraddel's place Dark brown, medium tanned head. Nose is grains, chocolate, dry. Taste is roast, coffee, bit ashy, roasted bitter ending.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample from bottle @ tasting formerly know as RBBWG 2019. F: big, tanned, average retention. C: dark to black, opaque. A: dark malts, some roasted tones, dark fruits, chocolate. T: dark malts, chocolate, a lot of cocoa, dark dried fruits, bit earthy, dry on the palate, medium to full body, medium carbonation, nice one, enjoyed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at Belgian Winter Gathering ‘19. Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, cocoa powder and roast. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Angerik Hello Darkness, My Old Friend (by Brouwerij Angerik):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
23/II/19 - 75cl bottle @ 1st Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (formerly known as Belgian Ratebeer Gathering), BB: 25/XI/19 - (2019-263) Thanks to kraddel for sharing the beer!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, falls down quickly, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of roast, coffee, mocha, bit malty, cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very roasted, bitter, hoppy, mocha, coffee, dark chocolate, nice! Aftertaste: very roasted, bit sourish, malty, coffee, more roast, enjoyable bitterness, nice for a low abv stout!