7.6

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

Draft at Tilt during SHNup: Poured a brown with no head. Aroma is chocolate sweet booze. Taste is sweet toffee, vanilla.

8

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

(Bag-in-box at De Drie Dorstige Herten, Utrecht, 14 Feb 2019) Black colour with brief bubbly head. Malty, roasted, slightly vinous nose with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice and a touch of soy sauce. Malty, roasted, vinous taste with dark chocolate, cacao, liquorice, soy sauce, oak wood, hints of red wine and a balanced cacao bitterness in the finish. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Really tasty and well balanced. Suspect that this was aged in wine barrels (possibly a separate entry, but I'll leave it here for now). Excellent stuff.

7.8

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

Bag in box @ In De Wildeman. Oily black colour. Soapy beige head with no retention. Aroma's: tar-ish, sweetish, roasted. Retronasal: roasted, sweetish, a bit red fruit, woody. Flavour: light moderate sweet with some tarry bitterness. Medium bodied. Low & soft carbonation. Long finish. Not as stellar as the Reserve, but pretty good anyway.

7.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle just over a year old (lot 179, BBE 07/2019). Pours black with a big tan head settling nicely with good retention. Aroma of roast malts, burnt cocoa, dark fruits. Taste of roast malts, burnt cocoa, dark fruits, liquorice, toffee, burnt bitterness, alcohol. Medium bodied, moderate-high carbonation. Lovely stout, the SR version really does elevate this beer to great heights. I did feel this particular bottle was over-carbed, rather fizzy even after allowing it to sit for a while.

8.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Thanka to Craig dor sharingthia beer in Edinburgh. Heavy toast bit also some sugar. Red wine. Heqvy palate. Excellent.

7

Roast, sweet, berries, vanilla,

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle (thanks cgravieuk). Pours black with beige head. Aroma is fruit, roast, booze. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast, malt, chocolate, banana, booze. Feels very light. Very interesting palate. Overall: great.

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle at cgarvieuk's, vintage 2009. Pours black. Aroma is raisin, roasted malt, plum and fig. Body is heavy, light on sweetness but still sweet, roasted and coffee and vanilla, still intense on bitterness. Smooth. Great!