6.8

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

440ml can. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is meaty roast, almond and biscuit. Taste is sweet with caramel, roast and biscuit.

8.5

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Appearance is black, with a 1-finger thick foamy beige head. Aroma is chocolate, almond, roast malt, coffee, caramel, cherry and spices, fruitcake, cherry pie, dark fruit hints, chocolate brownie. Taste is chocolate, cherry, caramel, toffee penny, chocolate cake, hint of vanilla, dark cakey malt, almond, marzipan, hint of nutmeg and spices, coffee. Sweet subtle finish. Well done.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can, shared with Frau Eva. Mid-sweet, Yuletide feel. (Tromsø, 23.12.2025).

7.1

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

440ml can. It was a gift, probably from House of Trembling Madness, York, and drunk at home. Its very, very dark brown with a small and quickly dissipating tan head. Bitter cooking chocolate, almond extract, stone fruit and some vanilla in the aroma. Taste is pretty sweet, buoyed up by the almonds, with a gritty, almost ashy bitterness beneath. Would make a nice balance but it jars a bit. Overall impression is good though, and it's a decent if imperfect drink. Thick body with carbonation on the low side.

8.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draught @ SKAAL Sønderborg. Pours cloudy dark brown with airy light tan head. Clear aroma of coffee and malt, with notes of yeast and touchesnof lactose. Bitter, roasty, coffeelike onset, with touches of hops and sweet notes of malt, lactose and dried fruit, as well as hints of liquorice. Roasty aftertaste with notes of liquorice and malt, and lactic touches. Warming alcohol presence. Good.

8

Can at home from Trembling Madness. Off black with a tan head. Aroma and taste are sweet caramel some chocolate and nutty. Rich body.