Ellezelloise Hercule Stout

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

33cl swing-top bottle at La Maison Belge, Puerto de la Cruz. Pours black with a dense black beige head. Lightly roasty aroma with licorice, dark fruits and hints of dark chocolate and alcohol . Strange stout, but very nice. Sweet and fruity with a quite dry finish. A bit strange, but a very pleasant beverage! (2013-01-03)

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

Black beer, medium head. Aroma is malt, roast, coffee, chocolate, roasted. Taste is the same, bittersweet.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Pours clear dark brown with 30 second light brown head. The aroma hits with dark fruit, licorice and molasses on the first pull. The next brings up a hint of wood, mild chocolate and vanilla, very interesting. The taste begins with chocolate then mild sweet molasses and dark fruity notes. Then vanilla coated wood seems to show up about midway along with a sense of alcohol warmth and continuing chocolate goodness. It ends with mild molasses, vanilla and faint wood. Very nice mix of flavors. Much better than I was expecting.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Bottle Swing-top: Poured a dark black brown with a thick light brown head. The aroma was sweet metalic like with hints of roasted malt. Dark rich malt flavor that finished dry and coffee like. Very impressive!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Good thing the enclosure was wired down, cause this baby fired off like a bottle of champagne! Big, creamy looking tan head. Black in color, opaque. Slightly sweet, bready nose with some floral spicey notes also. Med/full body. Creamy mouthfeel. Slightly vinous, spicey tasting with some hints of chocolate and a slight roastiness. The 9% alc. isnt even detected.

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

330 ml swingtop bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgård, Denmark. ABV is 9%. Very dark brown colour, nearly black. Large beige head. Aroma of moderately roasted malts and Belgian ale yeast, notes of mild coffee, hints of chocolate and dark dried fruits. The flavour is sweeter than the aroma made me expect, notes of malt sugar and molasses, hints of caramel and chocolate, roasty coffee notes in the finish, a moderate hoppy and roasty bitterness in the aftertaste. Decent, but a bit too far out on the sweet side for me.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Trying too hard, or not hard enough? Pours dark black with a small bit of tan head. Aroma has a turpentine thing going on. Mouthfeel is a bit weak and watery, moreso than expected. Flavor has too much licorice going on for me. Stouts are my favorite - this one is just not there.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

chocolate, coffee, molasses, dark fruits...this one has each in just about equal measure. little hop presence. solid body...pretty smooth from start to finish. an impressive stout. this was at least a year old.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

This beer was awesome! I had a sample of it on tap at Max's in Baltimore the last time I was down there. This beer is amazing - dark, heavy, and flavorful - flavors typically found in a stout such as coffee and chocolate just with the added flavor produced from Belgian yeast. Simply awesome!

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

This is one kickass beer. A very black pour, thin creamy brown head, with a wafting aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and plums. The flavour is more of the same, in a silky palate that leaves a warm lingering aftertaste.