7.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

This bottle was from 2014, well past its best by date. Very good interesting beer. Poured with a small short lived head and a very dark brown color. Aroma is that of dark malt and lots of cocoa. Flavor is like aroma; on the sweet side; very drinkable. Good body and soft carbonation.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle via Beer52: BB 23rd August 2023. Poured into my lovely 'Gordons' thistle shaped glass at home on 19th February 2023. Is there a better glass in the world suited to dark beers? Anyway this poured black with a decent tanned crown and looked great. Roasted maltiness leaps out from the beer filling your nose and mouth with a semi-sweet, semi-burnt richness right from the first sip and sniff. Bloody hell, the heads gone as I wrote about the taste and aroma, what a pity, it doesn't look so good now. It's fairly highly carbonated, so no reason the head should disappear so swiftly, hope it wasn't the cheese I was nibbling while tasting the brew. Still enjoying it though!

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a shaker. Opaque deep amberbrown colour, good creamy tan head, collapsing unevenly after a short while, thick lacing. Aroma toasted malt, cocoa powder, some liquorice, light dark fruits, hint tobacco. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, chocolate, liquorice, figs, raisins, vinous notes. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, mild fruity sweetbitter aftertaste, light vinous notes, very nice.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Hopduvel. Cloudy black, thinning, beige head. Aroma of tobacco, cigarette ash, toast, espresso, walnut, roasted chestnut, chocolate powder, fig. Taste has sweetish fig & plum in a thick brown-bready malty body, surrounded by chocolate, coffee & nut notes, bit earthy, roasted. Earthy hoppy finish, toasty, lingering tobacco & coffee. Medium body, slick-watery texture, soft carbonation. Promising but suffers from a lack of body.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Somewhat creamy aroma with licorice and hints of chocolate. Creamy, velvety flavor, almost medium bodied, with milk chocolate, raisin, licorice and hints of smoke. Some herbal hops in the finish. Very drinkable porter.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Lager Lager. Blackish, creamy tan head. Light metallic coffee roast aroma, wide wood, seaweed, mint and licorice notes. Relatively light dry body, initially feels a bit thin, but the broad flavor profile compensates: Salty on the palate, licorice, chocolate. Brownie finish. Good balance

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at BPBW Dark brown color tan head. Aroma of dark roast coffee grounds, licorice. Taste is dark coffee dark chocolate. tasty

7

Doordrink0n

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Botella. de @Zombier, Online. 20/03/2018
Color negro corona de espuma blanca, aromas torrefactos con notas a cafe, sabor a cafe ligeramente tostada, cuerpo medio.