This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 202: July 21, 2015
Diary entry:
Much busier at work today. Non-stop meetings and workshops. I’m now embedded in two of the three big projects going on within the big program I’m working on, and got to finish the day with a discussion with the project leader of the third as I just received an invitation to start partially embedding myself there as well. This is a lot of work, but it’s actually important to ensure all three of these are properly aligned, and not many people can oversee all three at once… Sounds like ego, and maybe it is, a little 🙂
The Beer:
Name: Black
Style: Stout
Producer: Brasserie de Bellevaux
Alcohol content: 6.3%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: De Caigny in Essen, Belgium
Black by Brasserie de Bellevaux. A decent 6.3% Stout. Some dark flavors of coffee and chocolate, with a little bitterness. Pretty good!
Commercial Description:
Black is a particular beer. This beer was born from a flavor memory. A memory of a journey through Yorkshire in the seventies of the last century. And of beers such as Old Peculiar from Theakston Brewery.
Along with Ian Ward, an English master brewer, Black was developed, inspired by experiences of 30 years ago.
Black is brewed with Ardennes spring water, Belgian malts, and English hops. It a has a slightly higher alcohol content, is slightly carbonated and is brewed in the English ways: a prime example of a perfectly mixed marriage.
Drink Black not too cold (8 to 12 ° C), preferably in the special Brasserie Bellevaux glass. Keep the beer cool. Black will come into its own in combination with hearty meals such as stews.
