Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Ölbeat 169: Emelisse Black IPA

Brewery: Brouwerij Emelisse
Country: Netherlands
Style: India Black Ale
Abv: 8 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is dark brown to black with a large cream white head. Aroma has liquorice, pineapple and citrus fruits. Taste begins with sweet liquorice-grapefruit roasty bite. Roasted malts, sweet liquorice and bitter grapefruit take over. Towards the end roasty bitterness and sweet fruits come strongest through. Aftertaste has fruity bitterness and charred dryness.

Excellent, really savoury India Black Ale. Citrus, liquorice and roast find each other really nicely. Burned bittersweet harmony. Great brew from Emelisse. This makes 2 out of 2 for me - glad to have couple others stashed.

Ölbeat

This one called for good-time heavy rock. Positive type of fire, like the brew has. Well, Udo and the boys had something burning in the beginning of 80's, so we'll pick a German early heavy classic from them. 

Accept: Burning (YouTube)

From the 1981 album Breaker, the song was written by Accept.