6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home. Aroma is dark malt, roast, liquorice, coffee, some dark chocolate and vanilla. Flavour is light sweet and above moderate roasty bitter. Body is medium. A bit too heavy on the liquorice for my taste, but has some nice touches of vanilla and roasty coffee.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,33ltr: Black colored brew with an dry bitter taste with some sweetness, hints of roasted malts, liquorice and very faint some traces of vanilla.

7.2

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

Bottle. Ours black with a decent tan head. Aroma is lots of roast, liquorice, coffee, chocolat. Lots of liquorice, some vanilla. Medium bitterness. Flavour is dark malts, rather light actually, but with strong roasty and liquorice notes. Some chocolate and coffee notes, vanilly in the back. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Quite a good porter, a bit too much liqurice for me personally.

7.4

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

330ml bottle. Black with big beige creamy head, nice retention. Aroma of liquorice, malts, coffee, some vanilla. Taste sweet with liquorice, roasted malts, dried fruits, dry almost smoky note, moderate bitterness. Its a good porter, enjoyable.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Dark brown with dark bronze color, coffee foam. Aroma: licorice, caramel, burnt sugar, candies, vanilla, specific. Sweetish taste, caramel, bitter, liquorice, roasted.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Albert Heijn. Pours hazy black with a lasting, small, foamy, beige head. Aroma of earth, liquorice, mocha, fig, toast, pistachio, 'raw' vanilla, blackcurrant. Taste has sweet dark chocolate, pistachio & a vanilla touch, surrounded by sweet-sour fig & berries; spicy liquorice kicking in next to bitter coffee, chicory almost, as well as a vague umami hint. Dry, herbal hoppy finish, lingering spicy liquorice, bitter mocha & still some vanilla. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Delicate balance, but a tad more vanilla would have been more welcome.

7.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Botle at a tasting, Zil verne. You do not need 10 special ingredients to make a complex flavoured beer. Moderate roasty malts combine with assertive liqorice and light vanilla presence to produce a nice full bodied, yet dry beer, with a slightly woody finish. Good but not great.

7

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

Bottle from the 2020 Manchester Beer Festival,drank at home. Black pour with a beige head. Liquorice, chocolate, burnt sweet spice nose. Taste is liquorice toffee,chocolate, splash of vanilla. Dry sweet roasty finish.

6

Intense bouquet, subtle taste

6

2.69 @ Mitra Emmen.