Bottle, 75cl corked. As BATS, at Haand Festival 2014. It pours an unclear, dark golden body under an off-white head. The aroma is lightly smoked, with a hint of peat. Dried apricotes and a touch of tea too. Quite subtle flavor with peat smoke, dried fruits and a light malty touch. Not much bitterness detected, but as in the aroma there’s some tea here, lasting for a good while. Dry and full-bodied. An unusual one indeed, but nice anyway. 140524

Golden with a white head - Good malt aroma with smoke - Malt body with a lot of smoke and peat - Peated malt and smoke goes into the finish - This was nice

Ein «Cuvée unique» ohne Namen, gebraut am 12. März 2008. Zutaten: Wasser, Gerstenmalz, Rauchmalz, Hopfen, Zucker, Rauchtee, Hefe.
Orangetrüb im Glas, aromahopfig-frischer Geruch. Der Antrunk ist säuerlich-mild, hopfenaromatisch und leicht hefig. Zum Hauptteil kommt eine ganz leichte rauchige Note hinzu, die säuerliche Frische hält sich lange. Erst im Nachgeschmack wird der SChwarztee deutlich, vor allem im trocken-schwarztee-typischen Abklang. Dabei eine leichte Rauchtee-Note, wie ich sie vom Tarry Suchong aus dem Teeladen her kenne. Allerdings sehr sehr verhalten und das Rauchmalz ist nirgends zu schmecken. Ansonsten findet sich im Nachgeschmack eine angenehm hopfenaromatische, aber kaum herbe Note wieder, dazu leicht säuerlich und hefig-frisch.
→ interessantes Bier, aber irgendwie auch nichts Herausragendes. Schade – vielleicht hätte es frischer besser geschmackt – MHD sind genau 2 Jahre – und die sind jetzt fast rum. Trotzdem mal interessant zum Probieren! 11/12/10/11

As BATS at St Bock in Montreal. A hazed dark amber ale with a thin mocha head, lacing. In aroma, sweet oxidized caramel malt with light sour notes, tea, organic matter, nice. In mouth, a sweet and sourish malt with light tea, light licorice, interesting. On tap at St-Bock.

Keg @ La Capsule, Lille. Pours hazy amber with herbal caramel aroma. Taste is herbal, yeast, berries, earthy malts, toffee and light fruity notes. Smooth and tasty.

Bottle 750ml as BFM Bats @ Haand Ølfestival 2014
Pours hazy brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, smoke, peat, caramel, and spices. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel, smokey and spicy finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

24.05.2014, tap (as BFM BATS) @ HaandFestival:
Small creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sour-ish mild smoked, wet sour grass, slightly smoked light malts, hay, weeds, heather, caramel, hints of smoked ham. Taste is slightly dry and smoked, hay, wet grain, grass, slightly smoked light malts, grass, sugar, hints of cardboard. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. Kind of boring.

At a tasting at KyotoLefty’s place. An amber-orange pour with a beige head with a funky, farmhouse, barnyard pungeant aroma with a bit of peatiness. A nice full body reveals funky, earthy, smokey and slight metallic notes. These guys make good beers not a disappointing one in the bunch!

Big bottle. Smoky, peaty, caramel, light chocolate, light vegetables. Cloudy orange-brown, lace. Some Belgian like yeasty spice. Clean, amber malts, earthy yeast and hop, light smoke. A special Belge with a bit ofmsmoke. Nice. Not mind-blowing like some of their others.

26th February 2011
Cloudy amber beer, Light and semi dry palate. A little sourish fruit and a touch of smoky tea! Finishes semi dry. That’s about it! Different but still a bit ’meh’. Still to be knocked out by BFM.