Black Damnation II - Mocha Bomb - De Struise Brouwers

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221 Ratings

rAvg: 4.26
pDev: 10.56%
Reviews: 143
Hads: 78

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Brewed by:
De Struise Brouwers

Belgium

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Stout | 12.00% ABV

Availability: Limited (brewed once). bottle (115), on-tap (28).

Notes:
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.

"Black Damnation II is yet another blend with the use of Hel & Verdoemenis from Brouwerij De Molen. This time even more complex than BD I.

50% of Black Albert was used that matured for a while on whole coffee beans out of a craft Columbian coffee plantation. 25% of H &V was used that aged for 6 months on JD barrels. Another 25% of Cuvée Delphine was used."

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Reviews by chicagobeerriot:

chicagobeerriot

Illinois

3.98/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Ink black with an inch and a half of light tan head that hangs out for a lot longer than you'd expect for the style. No bleeding at the edges of the glass when held up to the light. Overall, a classic look.

Deep whiffs of french roast coffee dominate the nose. There's a bit of subtle bourbon and vanilla in the background from the barrel-aged Hel & Verdoemenis that constitutes 25% of the blend. If you like coffee, you'll want to linger over this for awhile.

Mouthfeel is spot on: full, with a base of syrup and velvet, but not too oily. Carbonation is appropriately light.

Well, there's a lot of coffee here folks. Again, there is a bit of bourbon and Vanilla from the H & V, but this truly is a barrista's beer. Perhaps the most coffee infused beer that I've had. That has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is simple: I like coffee. I like the bitterness, the bite, the earthiness and am fairly certain that the world would be a better place if more things tasted like coffee and/or bacon. If you buy into that philosophy, you should order this brew ASAP. The disadvantage however, is that the coffee flavor is so strong here that it picks up some astringency and overwhelms some of the other flavors that you may have been expecting from a blend of three such extraordinary stouts. I'm rating this highly because of my irrational attraction to coffee, but those approaching this beer should be warned that if you're looking for subtlety or complexity, you should spend more time with the constituent beers than with this blend.

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2011 01:20:27 | More by chicagobeerriot

More User Reviews:

BierMeJohn

Germany

4.5/5 rDev +5.6%

05-04-2013 20:45:54 | More by BierMeJohn

ADTaber

South Carolina

4.5/5 rDev +5.6%

04-28-2013 14:35:32 | More by ADTaber

Beerandboards

New Mexico

4.33/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

11.2oz bottle

A - inky black with an enormous amount of loose tab foam. 3-4 inches. Takes at least a couple minutes to dissipate. Actually takes a while to pour due to the amount of head. Pretty impressive.

S - baking chocolate, coffee, vanilla, milk chocolate

T - leads with bitter dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, milk chocolate. Really rich blend of flavors. Very very well done.

M - the carb is higher than I'm used to in this type of beer, but can't say it's bad, just unusual. Thick and rich feel.

O - this is a high quality beer to be sure. A lot of flavors and presentations that I've seen before, but not in the well put together manner like they are here. All of the coffee chocolate and bourbon barrel are there, but they all work together well. Really nice beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2013 00:52:59 | More by Beerandboards

cadaugherty

Illinois

4/5 rDev -6.1%

04-12-2013 03:53:09 | More by cadaugherty

Sparky44

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev -0.2%

03-24-2013 01:41:42 | More by Sparky44

CheapBeerBuzz

California

4.25/5 rDev -0.2%

03-01-2013 04:55:22 | More by CheapBeerBuzz

arash1000

California

4.75/5 rDev +11.5%

02-27-2013 17:53:13 | More by arash1000

Beerstorian

District of Columbia

5/5 rDev +17.4%

02-15-2013 15:21:51 | More by Beerstorian

sjrosen

California

4.5/5 rDev +5.6%

02-11-2013 16:07:13 | More by sjrosen

TheSevenDuffs

Ontario (Canada)

4.38/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to Gord for this bottle.

A - Dark ink black with one finger of medium brown head that quickly reduced to a ring around the glass.

S - Massive coffee aroma up front with some chocolate notes also present. Fairly one dimensional nose.

T - Sweet, syrupy taste at first that immediately gives way to a bitter roast presence that provides good balance. Coffee, cocoa, molasses and roast are the dominant flavours. The bourbon barrel shows up in the background adding bourbon and toasted oak flavours with a hint of vanilla. Remarkably drinkable for 12%.

M - Full body. Thick and sludgy. Light carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2013 03:13:14 | More by TheSevenDuffs

eduardolinhalis

Switzerland

4.89/5 rDev +14.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

330ml bottle served in a snifter.

A: Pours an absolutely oily black color forming a big bubbled and creamy beige head. Good retention but only few lacings left in the glass

S: Sweet and roastd malts, mainly, with special touch of wood, dark chocolate and coffee. A bit fruity and a little bit spicy too. Some earthy yeasts. Damn good in the nose

T: Just perfect. Slightly sweet upfront. Strong taste of roasted malts, dark chocolate, and coffee. Very woody. A bit spicy. Great bitterness. Excellent bittersweet balance

M: Heavy creamy and molasses perfect body. Medium to low carbonation. Bittersweet roasted and coffee aftertaste

O: Perfect drinkability. Perfect beer. The best of the three BD I've had so far

Serving type: bottle

01-21-2013 22:43:00 | More by eduardolinhalis

yourefragile

District of Columbia

3.75/5 rDev -12%

01-18-2013 02:00:25 | More by yourefragile

aflyershckyfan

Pennsylvania

4.5/5 rDev +5.6%

01-13-2013 01:11:29 | More by aflyershckyfan

JRod1969

New York

4.5/5 rDev +5.6%

01-09-2013 01:10:05 | More by JRod1969

jrpapajcik

Illinois

4.75/5 rDev +11.5%

12-28-2012 05:02:23 | More by jrpapajcik

jacob4999

Michigan

4/5 rDev -6.1%

12-28-2012 03:11:05 | More by jacob4999

klipper

Michigan

4/5 rDev -6.1%

12-25-2012 02:58:56 | More by klipper

Pinknuggets

Vermont

3.88/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottle to Lawson's sniffer

A: pours dark brown to black with small mocha head completely opaque dark as night

S: definitely a smell of coffee but not pungent also smells smooth, rich, and maybe roasted malt smells like a stout for sure.

T: the first thing I taste is sweetness and even hints of dark fruit which is not bad but somewhat surprising. The coffee flavor is there however, not strong but there. There is some bitterness and roasted flavor but the fruit is what really comes out in the end. It's tasty but not as advertised maybe from the BA parts being dominant flavor because there was some alcohol whisky oak flavor so i guess its not balanced but like said not bad

M: it is smooth and oily with no carbonation. It's thick but not chewy but an alcohol burn

O: first if all why this is called mocha bomb is beyond me there is very subtle coffee flavors the main flavor with dark fruit like figs which isn't bad a little over powering but nothing as advertised not bad but not great and I don't understand the concept

Serving type: bottle

12-18-2012 19:55:03 | More by Pinknuggets