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Mocha Belgique
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
- From:
- Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 9.72%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 05, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 03, 2012
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 12
With several talented artisan roasters in town, we invited Richmond’s beer and coffee lovers to vote in a blind taste-off on our collaboration partner for the 2012 Mocha Belgique. They selected Black Hand Coffee Company! Black Hand’s custom roasted Brazilian coffee melds artfully with chocolate and caramel malts, cacao nibs and the fluffy character bestowed by our signature Belgian yeast, for a beer that exudes mocha goodness.
Rich, dark auburn in color with a frothy cappuccino head, Mocha Belgique offers pleasant, fresh roasted coffee and cocoa aromatics with a hint of black currant. Chocolate character up front is enhanced with the fluffy mouthfeel imparted by our distinctive Belgian ale yeast. Black Hand’s well balanced coffee provides a lingering roasty finish.
31 IBU
Rich, dark auburn in color with a frothy cappuccino head, Mocha Belgique offers pleasant, fresh roasted coffee and cocoa aromatics with a hint of black currant. Chocolate character up front is enhanced with the fluffy mouthfeel imparted by our distinctive Belgian ale yeast. Black Hand’s well balanced coffee provides a lingering roasty finish.
31 IBU
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Ratings by BMBeerhead:
Reviewed by BMBeerhead from Virginia
4.3/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a 750ml bottle into a stem glass around 45/50ish degrees just like the bottle tells you too.
A – Very dark beer, black with just hints of brown colour. The coffee adds a lot of the dark colour I’m sure. A fairly hearty pour gives a lot of dark brown head that fades in a few minutes leaving only a little bit of lacing. The colour and head are perfect for this beer, although I would have liked to see a little more lacing. 4
S – Coffee. This is brewed with coffee from a locally owned Roaster, and it shows. A little bit of alcohol, even though this is only 7.2 ABV, and some malty smells as well. The Coffee smell completely overcomes most of the hop aroma, but there are some earthy/spicy smells there, which might be from the yeast or from hops. 4 -
T – Again, Coffee upfront. You can definitively tell that there is coffee in here, and that taste is forefront. Some spicy taste from the Belgian yeast. A light caramel malt taste with some chocolate. Some bitterness, both from hops and from the coffee. Bitter aftertaste, but I think this may be because of the coffee rather than hops. 4.5 - I don’t see how this could get too much better.
M – Light carbonation, slightly heavy thickness, very smooth when it goes down without much alcohol burn. 4.
O – Another fantastic brew from Hardywood Park Brewery – This place is one day going to be known as one of the best breweries in the US. Check this brew out while supplies last!!!! 4.5
Feb 04, 2012A – Very dark beer, black with just hints of brown colour. The coffee adds a lot of the dark colour I’m sure. A fairly hearty pour gives a lot of dark brown head that fades in a few minutes leaving only a little bit of lacing. The colour and head are perfect for this beer, although I would have liked to see a little more lacing. 4
S – Coffee. This is brewed with coffee from a locally owned Roaster, and it shows. A little bit of alcohol, even though this is only 7.2 ABV, and some malty smells as well. The Coffee smell completely overcomes most of the hop aroma, but there are some earthy/spicy smells there, which might be from the yeast or from hops. 4 -
T – Again, Coffee upfront. You can definitively tell that there is coffee in here, and that taste is forefront. Some spicy taste from the Belgian yeast. A light caramel malt taste with some chocolate. Some bitterness, both from hops and from the coffee. Bitter aftertaste, but I think this may be because of the coffee rather than hops. 4.5 - I don’t see how this could get too much better.
M – Light carbonation, slightly heavy thickness, very smooth when it goes down without much alcohol burn. 4.
O – Another fantastic brew from Hardywood Park Brewery – This place is one day going to be known as one of the best breweries in the US. Check this brew out while supplies last!!!! 4.5
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by blackie from Oregon
3.74/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
seven-fifty from the Caboose, Ashland
a: served in a st. bernie chalice, mocha belgique pours a deep chocolate brown in color with a low head that soon disappears
s: aromatic, strong but smooth iced coffee nose with a firm note of semisweet chocolate, medium tones of banana and clove, some underlying malt sugar, nice with a high quality coffee addition
m: carbonation low to nearly nonexistent, medium to medium-full body, smooth
t: follows closely along with the nose, showing a smooth, flavorful coffee addition blended through a firm roasted malt body, touches of sugar, and hints of yeasty esters and spice
o: it's an odd combination, but it works nicely, worthwhile
Sep 01, 2013a: served in a st. bernie chalice, mocha belgique pours a deep chocolate brown in color with a low head that soon disappears
s: aromatic, strong but smooth iced coffee nose with a firm note of semisweet chocolate, medium tones of banana and clove, some underlying malt sugar, nice with a high quality coffee addition
m: carbonation low to nearly nonexistent, medium to medium-full body, smooth
t: follows closely along with the nose, showing a smooth, flavorful coffee addition blended through a firm roasted malt body, touches of sugar, and hints of yeasty esters and spice
o: it's an odd combination, but it works nicely, worthwhile
Mocha Belgique from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
54 ratings
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