7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at The Jeffrey in NYC. Black with a creamy, light brown head. Big roasted grain aroma with marshmallow underneath. Bitter overtone, lingering marshmallow sweet undertone. Medium bodied, mild carbonation, chewy. Good balance. Enjoyed this one.

7.6

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

Black with a large foamy brown head that lingered and left great lacing. Roasty with floral hops, coffee and anise. Quite robust. Exceptionally long finish. Moderately full bodied.

7.9

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

Draught from B-tiger. Poured a dark with mild white smallish head, aroma choc coffee and malts, very good.

Re rate from Brouwerij Lane in Dec 2011 - inky black consistency, actuall way better this time.

8.3

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

Draft: Poured a deep black with a light brown two finger head. Aroma is rich, robust, roasted malts, chocolate, wafer, coffee. Taste is rich roasted malts, chocolates, coffee, very robust, drying to the palate. Depth is deep.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Tap pour shared with Steve at Armsby Abbey. Opaque black with nice light brown head with excellent retention and tons of lacing. Aroma is strong roasted (smoky) earthy malt, milder vanilla and chocolate. Taste is strong earthy roasted malt, baker’s/dark chocolate and vanilla. Smooth texture, full bodied, average carbonation and finish as taste with light bitterness. A little worried the smokiness in the aroma would cope the flavor but this is wonderful, especially for no adjuncts.

7.9

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

On tap at brewery. Dark brown pour. Creamy tan head. Roasted malt nose hints at cocoa, molasses and tobacco. Smooth and approachable. Sticky mouthfeel. Wonderful.

8

Vanem vintaaz. Magus, mõru, röst, šokolaad, nats nisu, kõrbenud noot, nats alksi. Täitsa mõnus vana kooli porter.

7.8

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

Can shared at the watford Christmas tasting 10/12/2021. Many thanks to Wingman for this one. A dark brown ashy roast, charcoal, earrhy brown malts warty pine. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody brown sugars, earrhy nuts, pine, singed. Palate is semi sweet, woody, light tang, meaty roast, liquorice, moderate. Carbonation.