500 ml bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours pitch black with a big creamy dark mocha head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thin lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet, malty and fruity with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, moist soil, orange zest, salty liquorice, dark chocolate, charred wood and lemon zest. Taste is bitter and malty with heavily roasted malts, salty liquorice, dark roast coffee, burnt wood, bitter chocolate, grapefruit rinds, lemon zest and orange zest. Mouthfeel is creamy, soft, round, astringent and near full bodied. Finish is bitter with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, moist soil, charred wood and citrus peal.

Bottle @ Mikkeller & Friends. Dark color, medium brown head. Aroma of coffee and chocolat with a fruity blanket of citrus and orange on top. Big maltiness in taste where bitter and sweet are in perfect harmony, again with fruity tones from the oranges. Lovely balance, awesome beer.

RBBWG12 pours black, very, very small foam. taste is oaty light mouthfeel, bitter , burned malts.

Dark brown to black colour, tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, caramel, mocha with milk. Quite bitter flavour, light sweet, hops, roasted malts, milk chocolate and coffee. Medium full, finish bitter chocolate, caramel and cocoa.
A nice, well made stout. Not really picking up on the citrus though.
(From 66cL bottle @ RBBWG II, Wilrijk 2013. Courtesy of Travlr. Thank you sir!)

Thanks to Travlr for sharing this one. 50 cl. bottle sampled. Exited to actually try Hill Farmstead & it’s a “collab” with Mikkelller. + it’s an RIS with citrus, would love to see more stouts with fruits. Pours standard black with a mocha head. Sweet mocha, creamy nose, light bitterness, light touch of roast, touch hop, vanilla, milk chocolate. Taste is milk chocolate, light herbs, moderate bitter roast, milky, touch sweet creamy, fruity but not specifically picking up citrus, maybe a light touch of peel if I wanted to, would have like more but this is pretty good as it is now, light dark fruits, vanilla, light hop, light caramel. On the medium side body-wise for a stout but easy to drink. Hard to form a definite opinion of a brewery from just one beer & hype is just that, hype aka nonsense. This was a very lovely beer.

66cl bottle sample @ RBBWG 2013, courtesy of Travlr. Noire foncée, col moka laissant un filament doré au verre. Arôme malté grillé, chocolaté vraiment bien placé et très généreux. Palais est similaire avec une bonne dose de malt chocolaté, cacao et choco donnent vraiment une belle profondeur à la bière quasi une bière de dessert. Pointe d’épices sur la fin et l’ajout de d’agrumes donne une belle dimension en fin de bouche pour une pointe d’amertume, cette dernière étant bienvenue cette stout impériale restant épaisse. Délicieux.

Sampled from bottle @ RBBWG 2013. Opaque pitch black color, small to medium sized brown head. Smell malts, hops, coffee, lovely roastyness. Taste malts, superb roastyness, lightly hops, a touch of coffee, some alcohol. Velvety silky texture, full body, suitable carbonation.

Ausgiebig malziger Antrunk mit leichten Röstnoten. Schokoladig, würzig, Kaffeenoten. Wenig und passend trocken, dunkle Getreidenoten, voll. Rundes, nicht übertriebenes Bier. 12/12/12/14/12/13