Can, from and with James (merci!), savoured on July 26, 2019; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: chocolate, nut, hazelnut, dust, Nestlé Quick, milk chocolate; mouth: chocolate, nut, hazelnut, dust, Nestlé Quick, milk chocolate, light acridness from roasting, finale in milk chocolate, medium body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Canette, de et avec James (merci!), savourée le 26 juillet 2019; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, noix, noisette, poussière, Nestlé Quick, chocolat au lait; bouche : chocolat, noix, noisette, poussière, Nestlé Quick, chocolat au lait, légère âcreté de torréfaction, finale en chocolat au lait, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

Tasting at Matt's, crowler
Dark brown colour, near black. Robust stout with strong chocolate notes, moderately sweet, cacao dust, also a hint of celery smell.
Good.

Dark chocolate and nutty notes. Deep jet brown with a small brown head. Nutty and dark roast with dark chocolate.

1L crowler, pours black with a small tan / brown head. Aroma brings out an expressive combination of lactose, cocoa and vanilla, with medium roasted malt. Flavour is intense, with heaps of cocoa, lactose, and a little vanilla. Huge on the adjuncts, especially for the cocoa and lactose. A little abrasive, but good fun.

32oz (thx, Eric D.!) at Matt's. Appearance: very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: weird grassy notes, some vanilla and cocoa. Taste: tons of chocolate, some vanilla, herbal notes. Overall: so disappointed by these herbal grassy notes, otherwise, it's pretty good.

Crowler: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a nice dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry cocoa with light vanilla notes with some bitter roasted malt notes is enjoyable. Taste is a mix of dry cocoa and vanilla notes some bitter roasted malt notes and a dry finish. Body is quite full with good carbonation for style. Enjoyable but maybe tad more bitter and dry then I would have liked.

A deep dark stout with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, cloying sweet chocolate malt with loads of Nestlé quick, light peanut, Nutella, ok. In mouth, sweet sweet chocolate malt, like black forest cake, nuts, a bit cloying. Crowler at Big Deck tasting July 2019.

Oh boy! What a sweet, chocolaty nose reminding me of their Substance beer. Real dark brown colour with little highlights. The mocha-coloured head is frothy-creamy, with decent retention and wet-foamy lace patches. Aromas of cocoa, chocolate, lactose and the vanilla is only here to blend all of these. The taste shows the cocoa giving nice dark chocolate notes and the hops kicking in the finish, blending bitterness. Slick mouthfeel, silky with a little tartiness left on the tongue. This is quite a nice, lighter version of the Substance, and goes down well if you like chocolate. Quite the dessert !