Des 2 Caps La Noire de Slack

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

750 ml caged and corked bottle. Poured in an English nonick pint glass an unclear and opaque dark-dark-brown, almost black, coloured Stout with a generous two fingers tan, dense, fine and creamy foamy head that had a very long retention and tons of micro bulles. Soft carbonation. Good lacing. The aroma is deep roasted malts, a light hoppy bitterness, a smoked-burnt touch and sourish notes. The flavour is aggressive sourish-bitter, roasted grainy malts, roasted coffee beans, bitter black chocolate, notes of ashes. The mouthfeel is light crispy, quite thick and bitter. The texture is watery. This medium bodied Stout has a long roasted malts and ashes finish. The continuous sourish feeling leads to a not easy drinkable Stout, brewed in the North of France, close to Calais. Il lacks the smouthness of its cousins of the near Islands.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Shared 750 ml corked and wired bottle, as Christophe Noyon Bière Noire de Slack, from Voldby Købmandsgård, Denmark. ABV 5.4%. Black colour, decent beige head. Dry roasty and ashy aroma. Dry, moderately roasty and slightly ashy flavour. The hops are too moderate, otherwise a decent dry stout.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottled. Very deep brown, close to black with mediumsized foamy/fluffy head. Aroma is liquorice, some mild old coffeelike sourness as well as some slight grassy and floral notes. Flavour is roasted malts, liquorice, coffee, ashes and some caramel/toffeelike notes. Actually a very pleasant Stout.