Bottle at the sky high Canary wharf tasting. Many thanks to Kenny for this one. Hazel nut brown coloured pour with a sticky mid tan head. Aroma is nutty, woody, little pine, little coffee bean. Flavour is composed of full on smooth coffee, bitter roasted, choc, nutty. Palate is sticky, medium full bodied, highish carbonation. Assertive bitter roast, and piney hop bitterness. Good stuff.

Bottle split at the 42nd floor Tasting, thanks to Ken Neth, 08/10/15. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent tan covering. Nose is cocoa powder, earthy hop, charr, spice, toffee, roast malt, dark berry fruit. Taste comprises liquorice, spice, coffee grinds, earthy red berry, light black pepper, roasty tones. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with earthy hop bitterness. Xolid XDA.

Bottle shared in London. Pours rich brown with a big, fluffy beige head. The nose holds cocoa, roast, burnt herbs, orange rind. Medium sweet flavor with strong roast, baking cocoa, scorched earth, bread, more citrus rind. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Nice, rich baking cocoa finish, lingering roast, earth, espresso, charred pine, gooey citrus, rind. Very good.

341ml bottle. Darkest brown colour with huge, creamy, fully lasting, moderately lacing, beige to tan head. Roasty dark malty, chocolately aroma, notes of coffee, piney, resinous, citrusy and leafy hoppy overtones. Taste is dry, bitter hoppy, minimally papery, chalky and medicinal bitterness, a touch of pine and resin, roasty dark malty basis, slightly watery passages. Sadly a loss of fruitiness in taste.

(tap) clear very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of roast, nuts; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at Broue Ha Ha, savoured on May 12 2015; eye: black with ruby reflections, opaque, voluminous brown head that turns into a thin sheet, lots of lacing; nose: resinous hops, roasting, light nutty, burnt barley, light caramel; mouth: resinous hops, roasting, roasted barley, burnt barley, good astringency, light ashy, coffee, dry finale in roasting barley with light presence of caramel, full body, good carbonation, rather bitter, slightly sweet, harsh texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée chez Broue Ha Ha, savourée le 12 mai 2015; œil : noire avec des reflets rubis, opaque, mousse brune volumineuse qui se transforme en une mince couverture, dentelle abondante; nez : houblon résineux, torréfaction, léger noix, orge brûlée, léger caramel; bouche : houblon résineux, torréfaction, orge torréfiée, orge brûlée, bonne astringence, léger cendré, café, finale sèche en orge torréfiée avec légère présence de caramel, corsée, bonne carbonatation, plutôt amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture râpeuse; en résumé : bien bon

Bouteille 341ml. Couleur noire opaque avec des reflets acajou, mousse moka fuyante laissant un anneau sur les parois du verre. Arôme de malt torréfié, houblon floral, marc de café, conifère léger. Goût de malt torréfié, café, houblon résineux, amertume moyenne surtout en fin de bouche. Carbonation moyenne-faible, corps moyen, un peu collante.