8

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

440ml can. Pitch black pour with a thin tan head. Aroma of coffee, vanilla, chocolate, molasses. Taste is very rich, loads of coffee and vanilla, chocolate, molasses, very sweet, a bit of booze, some roasty/coffee bitterness. Medium-full bodied, smooth.

7.3

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

7.6

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

Can at home, from HOTM online, 23/12/2025.
Black with a tan cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, dark malts, coffee, molasses, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises dark malts, coffee grinds, charr, roasted bite, chocolate shavings, hint of vanilla.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Decent enough sipper but lacking some depth for the hefty ABV.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from the Fuss Club. Nose is chocolate wafer, coffee, cocoa, liquorice toffee, raisin, caramel. Taste is chocolate wafer, vanilla, cocoa, coconut, dark roast coffee. Boozy warming action with a slowly developing underlying sweetness. Rather nice.

7.3

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

440ml can. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is bitter coffe and vanilla. Taste has roast and chocolate cake throughout, with bitter coffee and cough syrup on the finish. A little vanilla on the aftertaste.

9.5

Cask at the strugglers inn Lincoln. Jet black with a thick tan head. Aroma and taste are sweet chocolate and some vanilla. Light boozy. Rich body and very smooth

6.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Victorian Craft Beer Cafe Back In Black Beer Festival 2025, Beer#3. First fully black one, sticky-sweet and boozy, boozy-sweet taste and some coconut in aroma.