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 29: January 29, 2015
Diary entry:
New laptop day. I could like this new HP. A lot lighter than the Lenovo. And no CD-ROM drive. Thank god! I swear that drive must have opened in my laptop bag at least 3 times every day!
But unfortunately, I didn’t get to use it too much today. A few long meetings starting as soon as I got in, and next thing I knew, it was 6PM, I had missed lunch, and I was ready to just head home to make some dinner before the 8PM #PassionPassport Twitter chat.
The Beer:
Name: Extra Export Stout
Style: Foreign / Export Stout
Producer: Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
Alcohol content: 9.0%
Bottle size: 11.2 Fl. Oz
Purchased from: De Hopduvel in Ghent.
Commercial Description:
Of dark almost black chocolate color. Nose: musky, slightly sweet and spicy, Lots of chocolate , coffee and some hazelnut notes on the palate intermingling with notes of licorice. Very lively on the tongue! It finishes with a dry explosion of black espresso flavors. Special Extra Export Stout Notes: Malts: Roasted malts, chocolate malt, pale malt, caramel malt Hops: Nugget; Yeast: De Dolle Arabier yeast; Others: Dark candy sugar Alc./vol.: 9.0% Orig. Gravity: 1087 IBU: 50 EBC: 190
I could definitely both smell and taste the dark chocolate and coffee. And loved the lingering affect of the black licorice flavor. This is a very tasty beer!
