6y old anniversary beer, opened when 12 y old - aged in my own cellars since release.
Pours black, small tanned head fades fast. Scent is roasty, soy, dark choc. Taste is fairly smooth, roasty, intense , soy. Milder coffee. Some dark chocolate. Held up very well, though i remember it being better ( times and standards sure have changed since, though). Alcohol is quite rough early on but smoothens out in the aftertaste - which is the best part of this beer at this time. Copious bitterness from the roasted malts guide the coffee and roasty aroma's to a crescendo, leaving you grabbing back for another sip. Mouthfeel is fairly full - nothing compared with modern pastries obviously. Medium mild oxidation is noticeable, but than again, the beer is double as old as the brewery was when this was brewed....

From backlog. Taster, from Bottle, at a big share in Oslo. Black with little brown head. Roasted Malts, coffee, barrel, liqorice, vanilla, sweetness.

Dog B, shared along with c, d/e, f and j for our great 'who let the dogs out' testing bonanza to start of the new year with a bang! Pours completely black, very small head. Aroma is intense dark malts, licorice, chocolate, roasted barley. Big body. Flavour is malty, intense dark malts all around, especially strong licorice, dark chocolate, roasted barley. A good old school imperial stout, but a bit too much roast here to be excellent. Any heat must have disappeared over the years. 3.6 Dog C: definitely not the same beer in taste at this point. Much more complex, less licorice, more chocolate and coffee. Much better. Definitely taste the 'subtle dofferences' with b here. 3.9

8-4-7-4-16 Bottle, as Brewdog Dog B, #142, 7,5 years after bottling. Pours pitch black, with a small mocha head. Aroma is dark malts with raisins, prunes and dark fruits, sweet liquorice and dark chocolate, as well as notes leather, chili and wooden notes. Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is dark roasted malts with notes of cocoa nibs, coffee and liquorice, as well as chili and wooden notes.