7.8

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

Bottle shared at Pre- Borefts ‘19. Black with a beige head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate, coffee and caramel. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter with some saltiness. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation.

7

Shared at Pre-Borefts Tasting 2019. A black beer with a beige head. Aroma of moderate sweet dark chocolate malt and vanilla. Taste of dry moderate sweet dark chocolate malt, salt, some spices.

8

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

Bottle at pre Borefts 2019.. Dark black... Thick tan head... Soft sweet milky dishy chocolate roast malts nose... Dark chocolate roast malts. Heavy chocolate.. Light salty chocolate

7.1

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

Bottle shared in London - many thanks to NewKen. Pours black-brown with a frothy tan head. Smooth chocolate character throughout, moderate sweetness, nice ashy roast, bitter dark chocolate, scorched earth. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation and velvety carbonation. Lightly warming finish, more bittersweet baking cocoa, earth, ashy dryness. Good stuff on the whole.

6.8

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

Draft @ BxlBeerFest 2019 - day 2. Noire profond, col crémeux café au lait. Arôme au bouquet un peu cendre iodé, léger bouquet malté caramel/ambre/chocolaté. Qcq note de biscuité en rétro-nasal. Palais est belge sur l'approche, stout, levure belge, malté cara pâle, pointe d'amertume chocolat noir - le côté moules est discret avec une pointe iodée sur le retrait - salin. Petite touche de fruits noirs avec un fini versant sur le tourbé. Alcool un peu trop fort pour apprécier la subtilité de l'ajout des moules.

6.9

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

18th September 2019
Level 6 bottleshare. Thanks to New Ken. Opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Sweet smooth chocolatety dark malts. Creamy chocolate. Modest tangy fruits. Flavoursome.

7.6

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

@ BXM Beer Fest. Black colour, creamy foam. Roasty, hoppy notes, some saltiness, bit ashy. Nice and well balanced stout.

7.5

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

Layered beige to tan head, stable, over pitch-black beer; good lace. Ureum-rich hops, roasted caramel syrup, mineral to almosts suggesting saltiness, liquorice if not really sweet. Sweetish-roasted flavour, meatroast, iron slag, ironoxide, mineral. Ashy finish, bit charcoal, and of course, again with lightly sweetish liquorice. Finish is more bitter roast/burnt, gradually releasing some (bitter) chocolate flavour. Good balance, helped by an ever so slight stout acidity. Chewy, feels well-bodied and ditto carbonated. Some alcohol evident. Pretty good strong stout! Oh, and mussels are way better in Antwerpen. I Many thanks to Louis! /I