33cl Blik. Bijna zwarte kleur, beige kraag. Gebrande mout, vijgen, koffie, licht grassig-hoppig, hint van citroenrasp, wat chocolade, degelijk bitter, zacht. Lichte body. Hier lust ik er wel een paar van.

(Draught at In De Wildeman, Amsterdam, 15 Aug 2025) Dark brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of bread, raisins, prunes and coffee. Malty, roasted taste with coffee, dark bread, chocolate and a mild roasty bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Harmonious and well balanced. Nice one.

Light bitter finish. Pours black with decent head. Some coffee. Snally.

Pour at Snallygaster 2025. Poured a pitch black color with a small tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, with coffee. Roasted coffee, medium body.

Dark lager in Czech style brewed according to the old double decoction method to achieve more authenticity, in itself already a praiseworthy effort by this accomplished Dutch craft brewery, in this case collaborating with 'my hometown brewery' Dok. Can from De Hopduvel in Ghent. Thick and frothy, moussey, pale greyish beige, very silently crackling, membrane-lacing, firm head on a clear, dark mahogany brown robe with copper-red glow. Aroma of dried out brown bread, wood ashes, charred toast, haemoglobin, dried fig, touch unripe pear, old walnut, hints of earth and autumn leaves. Spritzy onset, minerally and lively carbonation but fine-bubbled, swirling through restrained dried-fruity touches (dried fig or pear) with a haemoglobin-like edge moving into a rounded, smooth, somewhat 'fluffy' body of toasty, brown-bread-crusty and roasted bitter (chicory) maltiness, ending a tad ashy and coffee grounds-like with an additional leafy hop bitter note. Minerally, 'blood-like' and ashy side effects linger around. Černé (black) rather than tmavé (brown), perhaps, with all that roastiness and almost black hue, feeling 'fuller' and more layered than the average Czech černé, which in itself only illustrates how skilled, experienced and talented De Kromme Haring is. Their name is always one of the first to pop up in my head when asked about the most accomplished contemporary Dutch breweries and this 'bath tub carp-černé' only confirms this - though knowing Dok's dedication to covering all styles, techniques and ingredients in existence, I bet they were the ones insisting on using double decoction for this one...

Can. Very dark briwn with tan head. Roasted nalts, chocolate, pils malts, grassy hops, light earthy, plums. Just medium sweet and bitter. Crisp medium bodied. More like a lager-stout or something, not bad!

Can from Beerdome. Nicely roasty with notes of chocolate and a hint of coffee. Moderate bitter and lightly sweetish. Medium body. Super drinkable, wouldn't have minded a tall can of this.