Belfast Irish Stout

Manufaktura Piwna – Irish stout

Brewed by Browar Jablonowo
Style: Irish Stout
Wólka Kosowska, Poland

Jabłonowo Brewery is a brewery established in 1992, located in the small village of Jabłonowo, north of Poland. The Brewery is one of the few Polish independent, and family-owned, breweries in the country.

Initially, they only produced for the local market but over time, and with it great success, it expanded the range of its distribution, where now the brand can be seen all across Poland. It mainly specializes in lagers, dark beers, and flavoured beers.

Review: 500ml bottle of Marfaktura Piwna Irish Stout: 6.5% vol.

On the bottle, the lettering of “Belfast” stands out big and clear. Also “strong with stout” caught the eye……”Original recipe” and “1997”……all very interesting.

Comes in bottles, cans and even on draught in certain places if you happen to be so lucky.

On the pour I get the expected pitch black look of a stout, but with a smaller than expected head…….some activity here but it does die a death…which is a little disappointing.

Getting a very strong aroma of chocolate, very strong on the nose.

Very strong smell of chocolate and roasted malts, very strong. I like it, its inviting and pleasant on the nose.

Onto the taste……initial impressions are this is not too bad. As an Irish guy with a love of the Guinness I am naturally wary of stouts that try to match up, but this is alright, a tad bitter but that’s ok and I am getting the coffee.

Its a little overbearing with the harsh tones, and it would be nicer to get a more balanced brew, but as I said, it is ok. And you get a lot in the bottle, which is always a bonus.

Tastes a bit like treacle, all black chocolate syrup, with a molasses flavour. I like it. Coffee, chocolate and dark malts, all flavoured and strong.

I found overtime, it calmed down with the roasted bitterness less overpowering, very manageable, chocolate and coffee through out. Its a slow burner and the longer I drank it the more I grew to enjoy it. Did the business in the end, and I’d consider it good for a session.

Surprisingly decent, not bad for the style.