Bottle, thanks Matt H! Pitch black, tan-ochre mild head. Ginormous cake aroma, tonka ruling this entirely. Fantastic cake-like aromatics in the taste, which is quite lean, slightly roasty and bitterish and the finish. The alcohol is not in evidence flavor-wise, but the beer is very warming. Very tasty indeed!

DEC-2019. Batch 3. Draft at Beer O'Clock, Bucharest. Rich inky black, dark mocha head. Smells like a rich creamy chocolate truffle, some heat. The taste is that nice balance of sweet and bitter chocolate, the right amount of clean pungent bitterness (as in chilli chocolate) and carefully tuned alcoholic heat. No green hops, no annoying flavourings, no sticky sugars or aggressive roast/bitterness, just an honest technically perfect "pastry ish" porter. Excellent. 4,2/5.

JAN-2019. Batch 2. Thick inky black, small dark espresso head. The aroma is full of tonka and some cinnamon, dark chocolate syrup, just a hint of alcohol. The taste has that syrupy sweetness too, but thankfully is balanced by a decent amount of (grassy) hops. The flavour is, again, thankfully, easy on spices and roast malts. Inky thick mouthfeel yet easy to drink... or better yet, sip. I would prefer more heat, and the bitterness is a bit too vegetal. Other than that... A very well done, sensibly flavoured bed time sipper. 7-4-8-4-16=3,9.

APR-2018. Batch 1. Opaque black, dark espresso head. Tonka upfront, but not overwhelming, pretty well integrated actually. Not much vanilla, instead you get notes of cinnamon and, yeah, dark cocoa flavoured cake. The taste is only moderately sweet, with all the flavourings, not too roasty, staying off the front line, and a robust spicy bitterness keeping the things serious. Smooth oily mouthfeel, some alcoholic spice. Very nicely done, and thankfully, not over-flavoured. 8-4-8-4-16=4,0