3.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2

Bottle from the brewery shop. Hoisin sauce and Worcestershire sauce on the nose. Viscous and thick. The sourness is like an Ouid Bruin sourness, but the ending was absolutely horrific. Gross - had to throw away....

4.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

2001 vintage. I couldn’t get the damn cork out of this bottle, i had to dig it out, so i ended up with a crap load of cork in my beer, but i don’t think it did anything. Well pitch black pour, with zero head. Aroma is loaded with burnt malt, burnt molasses, burnt soy, and lots of booze. The Flavor isn’t that bad, lots of licorice, and more burnt everything! This reminds me alot of the sam adams triple bock, just not as thick, and a little more drinkable. I can’t see myself finishing the bottle though.

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pulled out of my cellar. Dayed 2012. Dark brown no head. Aroma is nasty funky. Taste is like a bad Brett. Must of been too old. Kind of nasty.

5.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

I had one of these a while ago and I really didn't dig it, so I thought I'd give it another try. And I still don't dig it! It's got a backbone of sourness and sour is not my thing..... at all. Looks good in the tankard though.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

275ml bottle bought from the Offie, Leicester and drunk at home. Pours extremely dark brown, almost no head. Medicinal aroma, bitter cooking chocolate, yeast extract, raisins, balsamic vinegar. Sweet taste, some winey sourness. More bitter chocolate, salted caramel and liquorice on the finish. Oily body, zero carbonation. It's complex and perhaps I'm being unfair but I feel the vinegary/vinous notes don't gel with the rest of the beer.

7

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7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

275ml bottle - Pours a deep dark brown almost black colour with a tiny tan head. The aroma is complex, dark fruit, roasted malts, burnt sugar, toffee and treacle. A moderately sweet roasted taste, burnt sugar, toffee, deep roasted malts, dark fruit and treacle flavours with a warming alcohol and bitter roasted finish.

8

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

Bottle of around 3-4 years old. Black and oily with thin creamy head. Aroma and flavour have a complex mix of dark, roasted malts, dark red fruits and a little umami too. There's lots to this. Nice to have the complexity without any adjuncts. Oily texture with a woody and very dry finish.

4.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

From bottle to snifter. Pours near black with a deep brown head that slowly fades and leaves minimal patterns down the glass. Aroma of slight cocoa, roasted malt and brewer's pitch. Taste is odd - a pit of the ash and tar, and in the back half there is a distinct sourness to this beer. I would have thought that it was a flaw, but the description references the sour. Mouthfeel covers nicely and leaves a dense, chewy residual throughout. An odd duck.