Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Appearance: foggy deep brown with a large off-white creamy head of nice retention. Aroma: toast, caramel, dried fruit, oak barrel, bread. Taste: medium dry. Good dark malts, bread, oak barrel, British hop. Light ending bitterness. Mouth feel: medium minus body, velvety, average carbonation. Overall: good stuff. A tiny bit overpriced.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from PivoLuchshe in Moscow. Pours dark brown with a medium-sized frothy head. Aroma is wood, toffee, malt, coffee notes. Taste is medium sweet, toffee, vanilla, woody, lightly roasted. Light bitter finish. Wonderful stuff, seems a bit overpriced (440 roubles) here in Moscow, however.

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

Bottle. A- Dark fruit, malt, burnt caramel. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Molasses, toffee, malt, dough. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- Nothing exceptionally special but easy to drink and paired well with corned beef and cabbage. Enjoyed this a bit more than I thought I would.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @Luppolo Station (Rome). Bruna, intensa, schiuma avorio media e persistente. Al naso note di frutta secca, nocciole, caffè. In bocca è dolce all'attacco, con lieve acidulo in chiusura. Corpo medio-leggero, carbonazione soft. Buona.

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

bottiglia 50 cl, schiuma color cappuccino fine media persistenza, colore rubino al naso cacao caffè caramello vino porto malto tostato, in bocca cioccolato al latte frutta secca datteri leggero liquirizia leggera affumicatura, corpo leggero, watery, acidula, carbonazione moderata, amaro moderato. Molto Buona c. Cantina della birra 09.10.20

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

0.5 l bottle from 'Homberg's große Bierwelt', best before December 2020, I guess more than a year old. Clear, very dark ruby to black with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty aroma of nuts, cocoa and caramel. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, rather malty taste of caramel, nuts and cocoa, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly roasty and a little dry finish with a touch of dark fruits. Medium body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Pleasant but monotonous, a tad too sweet.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Adding in my 300 Beers To Try ticks because I want to see how they impact my stats and some of them I will never see again. Will however re-rate them when practical. Hogs Back shop. Good stuff.

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

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep brown with red chunks. Off white creamy head. Nose - chocolate and caramel biscuits. Taste - chocolate hobnobs with light smoke. Palate - crunchy textured and medium bodied. Burnt / crunchy finish. Overall - challenging but good.

Bottle from Orkney Brewery. Pours an almost black colour with a thin off white head. Aroma of roasted malts, hints of chocolate, caramel, toffee and molasses. Taste is the same with a touch of coffee and a hint of dry dark fruits. Thinnish mouthfeel, watery texture but with quite a nice long finish. Was expecting a bit more given its reputation. Not a bad beer but a tad disappointed.