# 1001

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is roasted, milk chocolate, hint of spice, taste is similar, sweet, bitter, light sourness.

250ml bottle. Opaque, quasi black colour with late awakening, small, frothy, widely fading, minimally lacing, tan head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty aroma, cautious, slightly unpleasant, floral-herbal soapy interludes, probably ginger, a lavender touch as well, hints of aniseed. Taste is chocolately dark malty, slightly roasty, a nuttily touch, floral herbal interludes, hints of ginger, aniseed; dry, roasty dark malty finish. Better basic beer than the #1000, therefore the spices are more disturbing than an upgrading or intriguing addendum in this case.

250 ml. bottle @ home. Purchased @ De Hopduvel. Brew on 19.07.2013. Pours black, mocha head vanishes almost instantly. Nose is umami, soy sauce, thick oily lightly roasted malts but umami dominates with spices, cinnamon, light ginger & lavender,…. Spices are way less extreme than with the 1000. Taste is faint charcoal, umami, soy sauce malts, liquorish, spices are once again way lighter than with the 1000, still very heavy for the style, ginger, cinnamon, light bitter herbs, vanilla, kitchen, spices, liquorish, anise, cheap coffee, light herbal roast,… Oily & umami body. On RB the 1001 has a better score than the 1000 but I don’t really agree with this. 1000 the spices totally dominated the base beer but it was odd & interesting. Here the spices are way more in the back, base beer is more overt but a touch dull & too umami, it is still weird but the mix almost leaves it a bit in the middle, stuck between solid normality & weirdness. Fun given the still heavy spices, I do like it but I did prefer the 1000.

Bottle - Cinnamon, ginger, chili and dark chocolate. Jet brown with a beige head. Chocolate, cinnamon and spice. Although not something I would want often, on a cold night it hits the spot. Rich and warm.

Bottle. Pours black, with a small creamy mocha head. Aroma is dark roasted malts, sweet herbs and spices with aniseed and camphor, earthy yeast with ripe fruits and wood, as well as cocoa and leather. Creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is burned malts with spicy chocolate, camphor, aniseed and kandi, as well as wood, leather and coffee. Fruity tobacco finish.

Bottle, 10,01%. Almost black with small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, spices and liqurice. Flavour is rosted malr´ts, chocolate, coffee, spices, lliquorice, medium sweet, spices, caramel and medium bitter.

Bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours blackish dark brown with a small dark mocha head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is malty, herbal and spicy with roasted malts, rosemary, sage, onion rings, thyme, burnt wood, hay and black pepper corns. Taste is slightly sweet, bitter, malty, herbal and spicy with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, rosemary, hay, moist soil, sage, thyme, hay and hints of lemon zest. Mouthfeel is slightly round, roasted and spicy astringent and medium bodied. finish is bitter, malty, herbal and spicy with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, rosemary, moist soil and hay. Decent…

250mL bottle, pours jet black with a small tan head. Nose brings out lots of roasted malt, followed by a touch of anise, mild spices, and earthiness. Flavour is rich and robust, like a big impie stout, with lots of roasted malts, followed by a touch of licorice and other spices. Earthy, thick mouthfeel. Basically a spices impie stout. Very nice stuff.