UPDATED: JUL 31, 2021 Pours black with a tan head which quickly disappears. Aroma of roasted malt, whiskey, vanilla, some coffee. Leads with roasted malt and coffee but balanced by whiskey sweetness. Some warming alcohol but it’s part of the mix. Balance and smoothness are the key. Excellent. Kept this for a while and it’s been well worth the wait.

UPDATED: JUL 4, 2021 Wonderful beer, super flavourful and complex. Great beer perfect quad. Gollem ams

UPDATED: MAY 15, 2021 Bottle, vintage 2013. Pitch black color, with almost no head. Aroma is immediately coffee, then dark chocolate, vanilla, whisky. Taste of coffee, chocolate, oak. Sweet but dry and balanced, alcohol is there but under control. Thick mouthfeel, low carbonation. Another masterpiece from Struise.

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2021 Vintage 2013 13% bottled 21/03/2017 Pours pitch black with a brown disappearing head. Lovely nose, whisky sweetness with a little coffee. Medium body, very little carbonation, roasted malts, coffee bitterness balanced by the whisky barrel ageing sweetness. Very nice one.

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2021 330ml bottle delivered from Sophie's Beer Store and drunk at home. Very dark brown, opaque with a thin ring of beige head. Bourbon in a standout in the Aroma, but it doesn't overpower, with chocolate malt, coffee grounds, ash. Sweet, mellow taste with a lovely bourbon tang. An earthy bitterness in the finish, with more bourbon, molasses and a touch of Marmite. One of those rare barrel aged beers that's powerful but certainly not unsubtle.

UPDATED: FEB 21, 2021 I have had Black Albert previously so the bar is set high. Barrel aged Cuvee Delphine is highly anticipated. I'm informed by the label of a 2018 vintage, all right with that. I lift the cap on the 33 cl bottle and pour into my Straffe Hendrik glass, a mighty dark, glorious-brown body with a smattering of dark tan foam. There are scents and then there are scents. This one is quite fine, bakers chocolate, raisins and alcohol. But the drink is the payoff. Chocolate, dark fruit, bread, berries and a touch of bourbon. Not a big body to the taste as I expected but still good.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2021 Vintage 2013. Embouteillée en 2017. Surprenante, malgré les années la carbonation était encore vive même si elle s'est estompée rapidement. On retrouve l'intensité de la Black Albert mais avec en prime un bel apport de la barrique de Bourbon. Elle m'a fait un effet moins sucré également.

UPDATED: FEB 7, 2021 Fles 33cl thuis. Vintage 2018. Laurier, roasted malts, stevige koffie, bitters, pruim, ergens een wijnzuurtje, zoeten, caramel, bourbontonen, hout, boozy, bittere chocolade, vanilletonen, hoptonen. (6-2-2021).

UPDATED: OCT 2, 2020 Black colored, moderate dark tan creamy head, good lasting and nice lacing. Aroma is of chocolate, strong roasted malt and burnt sugar, coffee, some oaky vanilla notes. Taste follows the nose, plenty of chocolate, coffee and roasted notes, light caramel and toffee, medium+ sweet malt, some dark fruits, light+ oaky vanilla, moderate roasty bitterness, rather light alcohol with some warming sensation. Full bodied, soft carbonation, creamy. Excellent

UPDATED: SEP 15, 2020 Aromat potężny, kakao, czekolada, czerwone owoce, wanilia, burbon, kojarzy się z takim oldschoolowym amerykańskim risem. Barwa czarna, nieprzejrzyste, piana szybko opada. W smaku pełne, półgęste, bardzo gładkie, półsłodkie, mega intensywne. Mleczna czekolada, kawa. Tu beczka mniej wyczuwalna. Na finiszu popiołowe, czerwone owoce, nieco ściągające. Goryczka średnia do wysokiej, palona, wysycenie niskie, alkohol lekko wyczuwalny, jak na 13% bardzo dobrze ukryty. Bardzo fajny klasyk, miła odmiana od dzisiejszych pastry.