Bottle. Eem / Pontus 2018 edition. Color: Black, light brown head. Armoa: Dark chocolate and black coffee. Taste: Medium herbal hopbitter, moderate sweet. creamy. Dark chocolate, coffee and liquorice, bit earthy, notes coming in at the finish. Medium to above medium body, below average to soft carbonation. Pretty good Black IPA.

330 mml bottle as part of the European Local Swap 2/2017, many thanks to RW80 for this one. Tasted on the 02/05/2017. Black colour with a medium beige head. Aroma is cocoa, hops, caramel and intense liquorice. Taste is intense liquorice, berries and hops. Quite strong finish with a dry palate. Next one please!

Brown bottle, 2016 vintage, best before end of 2017, purchased at De Bierkoning, trip with Louise to Cardiff, Swansea, Amsterdam and Paris, savoured on September 27 2016; eye: black, opaque, beige head that thins out, average lacing; nose: roasted barley, coffee, burnt barley; mouth: roasted barley, coffee, burnt barley, slight caramel, bittering hops, dark chocolate, slight fig, finale in burnt barley with good presence of bittering hops, full body, good carbonation, rather bitter, slightly sweet, harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, millésime 2016, meilleure avant fin 2017, achetée chez De Bierkonig, voyage avec Louise à Cardiff, Swansea, Amsterdam et Paris, savourée le 27 septembre 2016; œil : noire, opaque, mousse beige qui se transforme en une mince couverture, dentelle moyenne; nez : orge torréfiée, café, orge brûlée; bouche : orge torréfiée, café, orge brûlée, très léger caramel, houblon amérisant, chocolat noir, très léger figue, finale en orge brûlée avec bonne présence de houblon amérisant, corsée, bonne carbonatation, plutôt amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture rugueuse; en résumé : bien

33cl bottle. Pitch black pour with a tall tan head with good retention. Roasted malts, cherries, brewed coffee as well as roasted coffee beans, pine resin. Medium bodied with soft carbonation and a hoppy chocolate bitter aftertaste.

New rating: 0.33 l bottle sampled during Pampus tap takeover at ’HOPPA!’, 2016 version, best before end 2017. Black with a frothy, brown head. Roasty-malty, just slightly fruity aroma of coffee, dark chocolate, burnt nuts and hints of mango. Roasty-malty, slightly fruity taste of coffee, dark chocolate, burnt nuts and hints of mango, followed by a medium long, roasty-bitter finish. Medium body, slightly creamy mouthfeel. Not a huge difference to the ’aged’ 2014 version, a tad more fruity but also a bit roastier and drier, overall less a of Black IPA than their ’Hoppy Stout’. Old rating: 0.33 l bottle from ’Tabak’s Wijndiscount & Bierwinkel’, best before end 2016 (apparently the 2014 version, 2016 version was actually already in the stores...). Clear, very dark red to black with a thin, frothy, stable, brown head. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty aroma of milk chocolate, coffee beans, vanilla and hazelnut, hops are barely detectable. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty taste of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee beans and hazelnut, followed by a short, roasty-bitter, minimally hoppy-fruity finish. Medium body, slightly creamy mouthfeel, flat. With some age, this is a very nice stout/porter. Will try to find a fresh example to compare. (7/4/7/3/14/3.5)

(Keg at Gastropub Tuulensuu, 20151230) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had ash, pine and mildly fruitiness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were pine, liquorice, burnt malts, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste had ash, liquorice and bitterness. A decent black IPA but too burnt.

330ml bottle. Black color with beige brown head. Roasted malty and hoppy aroma, chocolate, coffee, grassy, pine. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.