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 154: June 3, 2015
Diary entry:
Back to the office again today. A little disappointing, as I had set my schedule, and even made my trip to Amsterdam yesterday vs. today because of an important meeting scheduled for this morning, but then that meeting was cancelled at the last moment. A little more notice would have been nice.
Oh well!
A few other meetings did pay off, and good progress made on getting some tasks completed for the end of H1. And with a full-day off-site tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday and a trip to Paris on Friday, there’s only three real work days left in the office before I leave for Italy to finish off the half.
Looking forward to it!
The Beer:
Name: Zwarte Smid
Style: Imperial Stout / Porter
Producer: De Mouterij (brewed at Van Moll)
Alcohol content: 7.3%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: Den Gouwen Aar in Gouda, the Netherlands
Another new small Dutch brewery I haven’t experienced before! And this one is located very nearby, in Eindhoven!
I really liked the Zwarte Smid by De Mouterij. Unfortunately, this was a major gusher. What you can see in the glass above was all I could salvage. Sour dark fruits. Dark Malts. Bitter chocolate. What I was able to smell and taste was delicious! A shame so much was lost on opening.
Commercial Description: Profile: full-bodied smoke / cocoa malty beer with fresh notes of citrus Style: imperial stout / porter 7.3% alc. / Vol. A cool beer evokes images of the blacksmith who exercises his profession with passion; the blacksmith who is busy taming the iron in the fire of the forge. The taste of citrus brings a fresh note in the otherwise black heavy beer. With the right amount of light chocolate malt, this beer has a good balance with the freshness of lime.
