Draught Very good, dense, impossibly regular head over deep cola-coloured to black beer; textbook lace. Chocolate, seriously burnt/roasted, slightly ashy. Speculoos spices, chili, roast, cinnamon, dry. Further milkpowder, lactose and especially in the finish, chocolate. Chocolate keeps hanging on with some of the chili heat. Finish is very dry, nearly empty. Not bad... maybe a tad too easy.

Bottle shared on the eurostar back to London. A dark nut brown coloured pour with a lasting film of beige head. Aroma is nice smoked coffee, earth, sweet cinnamon bun, coffee. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty toasted malts, hints of coconut, earthy malts, vanilla. Palate is semi sweet, little thin, moderate carbonation. Little oily..

Bottle split on the Eurostar back to London, 09/12/18. Light black with a decent tan covering that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is dark chocolate, coconut, light spice, mellow roast. Taste comprises toffee, shades of dark chocolate Bounty Bar, brown sugar, hint of coffee, mellow roast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close Decent flavoursome stout.

Bottle from the brewery. Dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of coffee and vanilla. Flavour is milk chocolate, vanilla, bitter bean fruity finish.

F: medium, tanned, quick gone. C: black, totally opaque. A: a lot of chocolate, cocoa, bit roasted tones, mocha, vanilla, tobacco touch, dark fruits. T: dark malts, chocolate, vanilla, roasted tones, cocoa, bit tobacco, dark dried fruits, dry on the palate, vanilla is quite a bit overhelming yet enjoyable all together, still lacks some more complexity to be great, medium to full body, lower carbonation, 33cl bottle from the brewery.

Draft @ BBP. Apparently, I remember during the brewery lauch in 2015 the first version was to be discontinued because Tonka beans were not allowed to be used as a condiment within the EU. Today I checked again with the brewer why they brewed it, it seems they use a lower % level of Tonka in an extraction form and added vanilla to this version. Brune foncée presque noire, col épais et crémeux café au lait. Arôme rappelant les winter spices, touche en rétro de caramel, chocolaté et de grillé sur une fine touche adoucie de vanille. Palais est plaisant, vanille est bien là avec encore cet effet épicé d'hiver, grains, chocolaté encore de la vanille, caramel, fini sec sur une fine amertume houblonnée.Earlier Rating: 10/25/2015 Total Score: 4Draft @ BPP grandopening day, shared with Tderoeck. Brune presque noire, col fin crémeux blanc-cassé. Arôme est chargé en fève mêlant à la fois un bouquet de chocolat et de café le tout sur de petites effluves d’amandes. Retrouve un rétro finement épicé. Palais est complexe, le tout titrant à 6.5% on retrouve une certaine épaisseur en bouche venant des grains, pas mal de malt chocolaté, grillé, léger café avec encore une douceur venant en retrait et gardant ce côté d’amande et un fini en douceur. Plaisant, facile à boire, et imaginons un peu une version à 8-9% avec des piments, mais cela semblerait déjà être dans les tanks.