Flaska från Brill. Kastanjfärgad. Doft av rostad malt och mörkt bröd. Även smaker är porterlik. Rostade smaker av kaffe, choklad, karamell, mörka frukter, lätt kropp, fruktig humle i bakgrunden, liten beska. Trevlig ,smakrik och välbalanserad men var det så här den skulle smaka?

Bottle at Grünerløkka mat- og mikrobryggfestival. Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma of dark fruits, malt, caramel and spices. Sweet and fruity with a slightly dry finish. (2012-08-25)

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating(but I believe this was from last year). Pours slightly hazy red orange color with a small 1 finger off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Aromas of big grape, apple, apricot, pear, herbal, caramel, earth, floral, pepper, and yeast spices. Some pretty nice aromas with decent balance and complexity. Taste of grape, apple, pear, herbal, earth, floral, pepper, caramel, toffee, bread, and light yeast spices. Lingering notes of apple, pear, grape, caramel, toffee, bread, earth, floral, and light yeast spices on the finish for a short bit. Very malt forward over the spiciness; with a minimal amount of cloying sweetness. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly slick and slightly prickly mouthfeel. Alcohol is very well hidden with pretty much no warming noticed at all after the finish. Overall this is a pretty good saison. Not nearly as spicy as I was hoping for; but had some good flavor balance and complexity. Enjoyable stuff.

Bottle at Sorbon, June 2012. Dark copper with a small white head. Aroma and taste of hops, malt, toffee and some spices. Quite tasty.

Bottle shared at my 30:th birthday tasting on May 5 (30 år av Surt). Courtesy of rono. Pours hazy brownish golden with a big creamy white head that is rather slow to dissipate but doesn’t leave much trace. Smell is sweet and tiny sour with ripe oranges, orange zest, hay, plums, dark bread, barnyard and hints of bread spices. Taste is sweet, tiny bitter and tiny sour with dark bread, bread spices, lemon juice, lemon zest, plums and overripe mango. Mouthfeel is tiny dry, tiny tart and medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and tiny tart with orange zest, dark bread and spices.

Bottle at "30 år av surt" on May 5, 2012750 ml.Hazy copper color, fluffy off-white head. Sweet, spicy scent. Malty, bitter, alcohol taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness. Warming alcohol.

Bottled:
Hazy chestnut colour. Foamy head. Earthy, dry cocoa aroma. Flavour is dry and earthy with notes of chocolate, toffee, winter apples and petrol. Alcohol bitter finish.

Brown color. Belgian yeast in the aroma and flavor. Light spice, and dry with grass and some fruit. Light palate. A solid Belgian ale.

Bottle: Poured a medium dark hazy brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of caramel malt with balance sweetness is quite interesting. Taste is a nice mix between some caramel malt with light residual sugar notes and some light fruity ester. Boyd is quite full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well brewed with easily drinkable characteristics thought lacking a little bit of complexity.

Muddy brown body. Lightly brown, creamy head. Warm aroma of fruit, apricot, malts, citric hops: nice and complex. Quite weak flavour: moderatly bitter and lightly sour. Ok