8

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

Bottled. Black colour, small beigeish brown creamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is roasted malts, some chocolate, liquorice, mild lactose and some slight dried fruits. Flavour is roasted malts, liquorice, mild chocolate, lactose and also some floral bitterness to it. Hides the alcohol well.

8

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

Bottle @ Bishops Arms Gustav Adolfs Torg, Malmö. Black with a dark brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and licorice. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. Oily. 110618

6.9

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

Bottle at Porterfestivalen cons 2017-11-18 Göteborg AR: roasted malt AP: dark brown, wee sand brown head F: roasted malt, dark chocolate

8.2

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

Bottle 0.5l. Almost black colour. Beige long head with good lacing. Aroma is rich of notes like dark fruits, chocolate, cherry in chocolate, roast, the oxidation notes ares much noticeable and very nice. Beer is dry at the beginning with chocolate, coffee notes, medium, roast bitterness and delicate fruity-sweet finish and also subtle sour in aftertatse. Medium to full body, a little bit sticky in the mouth, smooth, soft carbonated. Nice RIS with quite big influence of dark fruits and vintage notes.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

500ml bottle, 2014 release. Pours dark with noticeable carbonation and no head. Plums, figs, chocolate, little coffee, sweet orange marmalade, treacle. Medium body with quite heavy carbonation for the style. Very nice.

8

Old Rate Beer log.

7.5

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

Shared by Jonno at the RB Bonnenkai 2015. A deep black with a tan head. Umami, heat, charcoal, mesquite and chocolate. The taste is bitter dark chocolate and a bit of smoke. Solid beer that hid the 9% ABV well, I had no idea it was that strong.

7.6

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

500ml bottle @ Bier-Bier, Helsinki

Pours pitch black with a foamy brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, salty licorice, hints of berries and syrup. Taste is smooth, dry and roasty with hints of berries, some salty licorice and coffee. Finish is dry and roasty with some licorice and hints of blueberries. Okay. --- Beer merged from original tick of Imperium @dylanadmin1 on 29 Jun 2015 at 17:17 - Score: 7