Enlightened Black Ale 1554 by New Belgium Brewing
1554 Enlightened Black Ale
This black ale, in my opinion, is pretty damn good! The aroma is smooth, not overpowering, with barely the faintest smell of hops. Nice head, nice smoothness to the pour.
The taste is ever-so-pleasant, with chocolate and creamy overtones and aftertaste. This 1554 Black Ale is probably the best beer I’ve yet to taste by New Belgium. The aftertaste lingers slightly, but mostly it’s the chocolate that hangs out. Goes down very smoothly, rests nicely.
This beer is supposedly a throwback to Belgian black ales, pieced together from ‘an ancient crumbling Belgian library book.’ Even if it’s not accurate to the old Belgian dark ales, this one’s got my number. I hope to enjoy the 1554 Black Ale on a regular basis.
Jim Jamesson
May 28, 2009 at 1:43 pm
This beer was extremely good! I could forsee myself drinking many of these. It was really, really good.
kyle
January 2, 2010 at 7:19 pm
if you like this try real ale’s coffee porter.