33cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Black colour, beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, rye, pumpernickel, light hoppy, milk chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Flavour follows, quite sweet, true to style but a little boring. Medium bodied.

330ml bottle. Dark brown colour with small, frothy to creamy, fading, minimally lacing, tan head. Slightly roasty dark malty aroma, some malt spiciness, some chocolate, hints of burnt coffee, blue berries, a touch of treacle, peat, very cautious hints of smoke. Taste is slightly sweet dark malty, chocolately, dark fruity, hints of raisin; super soft, smooth, slightly sticky palate, hints of warming alcohol in the finish. Rich, multifaceted, thereby relatively easy drinkable; not impressing in an amount forcing yourself to take a meditative break for aesthesiatic recollection.

Botella . @Señor Lúpulo. Despacho de cervezas, Frikicata Gijón 27/06/2015. Color negro, espuma blanca, aroma a malta, final seco.

330 ml. bottle @ home. Purchased @ Kaapse brouwers. Brewed on 02/11/2012 if I understand the label correctly? Green bottle. Light copper amber hued very dark brown, blackish beer, little in the way of head. Very intensely umami nose, big soy sauce, liquorish, some DE-style fish guts, some medicinal herbs, medicinal quality, thick liquorish & soy sauce syrup, some faint molasses even,… Taste is heavily umami still with big liquorish presence but with some new elements than what I got in the nose, Christmas spices, deep dark Christmas pudding, lightly medicinal, umami, molasses, some bitterness buried in there as well, light herbal & even faint fruity hops, some medicinal quality & bitterness in the back, soy sauce & fish guts, light oxidation is there as well, faint old wood, quite a bit of anise, big on liquorish & Christmas spices alongside the umami qualities, making this seem a bit like some odd very strong BE & DE hybrid beer, warming in the back of your throat, lingering caramelized & burned black liquorish aftertaste, more black liquorish, burned coffee, ashes,… Some burned qualities,… Old charred wood. There is even a light brine note here in the back, intense. Quite sweet in a heavily umami beer. Thick lager with very little in the way of carbonation. Intense, interesting, even if not really my style or preference. Lots of elements which I am not really into, presented in an interesting way. Not really what I expected when got this but not really disliking it either. I really had to get used a bit to it, take it in on its own terms. Hard to believe that I wound up somewhat enjoying something with this many liquorish, soy sauce, fish guts, anise etc. notes,… Given the hops, fresh this must have been a very different experience but given the profile of this, it must have been an even stranger one. Unless if those hops were buried from the start. A herbal + medicinal bitterness starts becoming more pronounced as you drink more of it, hops perhaps? I do get some light hoppy notes but they are faint but that should be expected given the age.

Shared bottle. Very dark brown with small beige head. Rye bread, burnt bread crust, very yeasty, some coffee, earthy, molasses. Medium sweet with musty middle and light bitter finish. Medium bodied with low carbonation.

Clear reddish brown black colour, beige head. Fruity aroma, blackcurrant, forrest fruit, coffee, dried figs. Bitter hoppy flavour, coffee, caramel. Finish caramel, roasted malt, ash, brown sugar and lingering hops. Nice!
(from 33cL bottle @ home)