7.8

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

330ml bottle [#0062/2150]. Jet black colour, no real head, just a layer of macropore, beige bubbles on top. BA supported, roasty and chocolately, dark malty, minimally spicy and wood aroma, notes of dark chocolate, leather, some dark caramel, a touch of oak, whiffs of liquorice and marmite. Taste is roasty and chocolately, dark malty as well as slightly caramel malty without residual sweetness, notes of dark chocolate, Belgian chocolate, BA supported hints of leather, oak.
Oily texture, smooth, soft and silky palate, fine, soft, still efficacious carbonation.
Mild, focussed, seemingly light - very nice.
Well matured after nine years, "still alive", no edges.