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

Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours black with little beige head. Aroma of raisins, cherries, whisky, dark chocolate. Tastes sweet and fruity. Medium bodied.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Pours virtually black from the bottle. The thin, tan creamy head soon fades. Some beers of this style have notes of prune in the aroma but I don’t remember one with as much prune as this. Smells like prune, more prune, and apple juice. The roasted dark chocolate first starts to compete with the prune on the swill, and underneath it all lingers a pervasive note of apple juice. Finishes much the same, full of apple, prune, and roasted grains. Body is thick and oily, carbonation is mild, alcohol is hidden. Reading this all back it doesn’t sound especially appetizing, but the chocolate and fruit work very well together. Dangerously drinkable. Nice.

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

355 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 11.5%. Pitch black colour, small tan head. Aroma of roast malts, chocolate, molasses and oak, a hint of whiskey. The flavour is fairly sweet, with loads of molasses and chocolate, also roast malts, oak and whiskey. Moderate bitterness.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

Bottle. 2014 Vintage . Pours black , medium sized, medium low stability, mocha colored head. Smell is roasty, very minor booze notes rising up. pure cocoa as well ( the very, very intense chocolate ) thus, not sweet at all ( in the perception of the scent ) . Taste is full, roasty, tad bitter, very creamy, dark chocolate ( not as pure as the scent provided, a much more balanced, more 'sweeter' chocolate now, without being sweet overall. dark fruits, some berries as well. very intense taste, very complex and simply put, very very good ! doesn't show any age problems (yet?) which is also proving the brewer's skill ( or luck ? ;) ) allround, this is indeed a great beer. Body is medium-thick to thick ( for the style, overall, this is syrupy ) and carbonation is medium low to low ( the way I like it) . This ain't a dissapointement at all !

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

355ml bottle, a little over a year old I think. Pours black with a thin tan head which quickly disappears. Aroma of dark fruits, molasses, chocolate. Taste is sweet, dark malts, dark fruits, berries, molasses, chocolate, some coffee, slight booziness and warming sensation but it's well hidden considering the ABV. Full bodied, soft carbonation, smooth velvety mouthfeel. A fantastic imperial porter.

Svart med lavt beige skum. Lukter søt engelsk lakris og lett kaffe. Fyldig. Engelsk lakris, svisker, portvin og masse fyldig alkohol som sitter helt ut

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Utobeer Market Stall, Borough. Black pour with a tan head. Coffee, licorice, cola, dark chocolate, caramel aroma. Flavours of dark roast coffee, raisin, cocoa, cola, dark chocolate. Coffee roast linger on the palate. Dry, sweet smoky finish.Lovely stuff, right up my street.

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

Bottled (backlog). Black colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some raisins, plum, ripe fruits, mild ashes as well as some slight coffee and nutty notes. Flavour is syrupy, some roasted malts, nuts, mild toffee, coffee and some alcohol as well as some dried dark fruits to it. Overall rather sweet, but still quite a pleasant one.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Dark brown to black. Not transparent. Beige head. Big dark fruit, nuts, Port on nose. Full body. Nutty taste. Rich. Vinous. Very nice

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

355ml bottle dated 14 September 2015, bought at Bliznetsy in Moscow. Pours pitch black with a small dark brown head. Aroma is cognac, dark sweet cherries, and roastiness. Taste is very liqueurish, like cognac, espresso and brown sugar. A very intense and complex beer, for sure.