Bottle at Dig. Almost black, with the most beautiful garnet shades. Lace. Nose of chocolate, grass, orange, honey. Complex though not completely harmonious. Dry, complex and interesting flavor, much in the "black saison" mode. Good.

Bottle at the Dig Bar Stillwater Event. The brewer himself foudn it hard to categorize this beer but I’d say it is a blend of a robust porter & a saison. It pours a beautiful clear ruby brown. The aroma is nutty & mild at first but over time grows to become more pronounced. Medium bodied, chocolate, nuts and wine notes are present in the taste. This is a subtle beer that like the other Stillwater beers really open up & evolve as they warm up. One of my favorites of the night.

355ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is toffee and milky yeast. Taste has toffee to start with farmhouse yeast and liquorice on the finish.

3oz pour at Max’s Belgian Fest 2014. Pours a hazy caramel brown with some thin, white head. Nose has some rootbeer, some caramelized root veg, a little anise, herbs. Flavor is sweet, caramel, a little anise, root veg. Clean finish.

Reddish brown colour, beige head. Aroma of caramel, yeast and banana. Sweet malty flavour, caramel, coffee and cacao. Finish malts, caramel, cacao, lingering sweet.
(From 33cL bottle @ the pre-RBBWG get-together at Tim’s place. Shared by Tim, thanks!)

Imported from my RateBeer account as Stillwater Existent (by Stillwater Artisanal):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

17/I/14 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ home - bottled: IV/25/13 (2014-59) Thanks to my NY buddy Abu Nasim for the trade!

Clear brown beer, big aery to creamy irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit sweet, sugary, caramel, smoky touch, funky and earthy, saison yeast, dried fruits, plums, banana peel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: smoky start, bit funky, caramel touch, hoppy, yeast, floral. Aftertaste: some dried fruits, plums, caramel, hoppy, very spicy, coriander, some overripe fruits.

Bottle, 12C. Dark red brown with a beige head that lasts well. Aroma of port and lemon, licorice, vinegar toffee, herbs. Very little sweetness with a real sour herbal twang, bitterness at the finish is rather overmatched. There’s caramel, hints of chocolate, vague dark berries that I wished were more prominent. Pretty dry and drier still at the end with herbal notes (mainly chicory, some star anise, slight metal). What I’d like as nuances are the whole show.

This is an old bottle from Dog Brewing. Aroma has a nice maltiness with chocolate, roast, toasted bread and dark melanoidins. Some lighter caramel and toffee notes. Light fruitiness of plums and prunes. Slight peppery phenolic note. Pours dark brown with a moderately thick tan head that steadily recedes to the edges where it lingers. Small legs and moderate lacing. Flavor has a light sweetness with a moderate roast character. Some light chocolate notes with medium light toasted bread and dark melanoidins. Some fig, plum and prune notes with a medium light peppery phenolic note. Medium bitterness. Light ash and leather note. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium full carbonation. Light but noticeable astringency with medium light alcohol warmth. Overall an enjoyable roasty farmhouse ale that doesn’t quite rise to the level of being a stout and reminds me more of a farmhouse porter. Some nice phenolic and dark fruit notes compliment the malt character. Light sweetness also helps keep this from being too astringent.

THX! for the bottle. 355 ml. bottle @ Delirium Hoppy Loft. Great label as always with these guys. Pours very dark brown, almost touch purple with a tanned head. Nose is a bit too much, lots of soy sauce mixed with prunes, sweet dark fruits, plenty of liquorish, brambleberries. Taste is soy sauce mixed with prunes & brambleberries, plenty of liquorish, brown sugar, teriyaki sauce, bitter herbs, sticky, syrupy feel, somewhat herbal. Def. way more a Belgian Strong Ale than a Belgian Ale, a very odd take on the style, too much of these odd combo’s & flavours, okay but not very impressive & very expensive. I expected more from Stillwater here, not really getting here why the score is so high. Pretty hard to finish a bottle of.