7.5

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

23rd October 2025
CBJ tasting, thanks to LKS for the bottle. Soft dark malts, a little dark chocolate and cream. Modest coca cola soaked ripe fruits. Airy finish. Rich, if not top Division.

7.8

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

Moderate gusher! Seems it picked up a mild infection somewhere along the trail - but to positive effect. Subtle twangy dark fruit, mellow roast, dark malt, nip of toffee. Surprised by this, very enjoyable, not a lick of age.

7

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

7.5

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

Bottle. A gift from my brother. Actually, not bad. Aroma was chocolate, coffee, spice and raisins. Taste was dried fruit, spice and bitter chocolate.

8.5

RB score 3.53

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

750ml corked and caged. Dark, ruby brown pour, with a small off white head. Quite a dark fruit, cherry, smoky aroma. Light spices, some wood and some tartness i was not expecting. Tastes like this beer was aged on sour cherries, weird. The finish is not very bitter, and ends with coffee, and light roast with some lingering sweet dark fruit.

7.5

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

750ml bottle pours out black top with a tan head. Nose is very interesting Belgian notes sweet pit fruit but with plenty of heavy roast malts coffee chocolate molasses and Spice. Taste is more of the complex Belgian notes almost like a dark Belgian ale but with a American Stout twist plenty of roast malts sweet pit fruit and some spice.

7

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

Bottle at the brewery. Belgian stout. Medium brown. Thin head that dissipates quickly.. Has some of the really woody kmf base (15%). There's chocolate, bit of tartness, touch of fruitier elements, barrel.

5.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Very close to a Raisinet stout, with a massive raisin-cherry sweetness underscored by heavy notes of chocolate and cola. Oak comes across very, very weak, with the esters providing most of the complexity. Starts sugary and stays that way, growing increasingly cloy as the pint warms. Finishes with a bready ribbon of yeast mixing with a mild woodsy bitterness.The pour is troublesome as well, coming out a thin, dark brown with a fizzy beige head and no lace. Nose is fruity Belgian esters on top of a single chocolate chip. Alcohol is hidden, but the fizzy texture puts me off. Man, Sam Adams just can’t get this barrel-aging thing right.