Bottle shared @ Timo’s/tkrjukoff’s CCB Day tasting on July 7, 2012.Very dark brown to black color, brown head. Sweet, roasted, grainy, some spice and cheese, also alcohol scent. Sweet, malty, honey, smooth taste, alcohol. Smooth lean mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.

355 ml bottle shared @ tkrjukoffs CCB Day tasting. Pours hazy black with a small brownish white head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace. Smell is sweet and malty with liquorice fudge, sweet dark rye bread, alcohol, prunes, coffee, pine, grapefruit juice, hay and burnt caramel. Taste is sweet, bitter and slightly metallic with roasted malts, grapefruit juice, coffee, grass, pine, black pepper, resinous wood, bitter chocolate, alcohol and prunes. Mouthfeel is tiny sticky sweet, slightly oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with roasted malts, grapefruit juice, coffee, grapes, rye bread and wood. 

Bottle, from trade with HenrikSoegaard. A dark, dark brown beer topped by a small, beige head. Roasted malts, soy sauce, some alcohol, a nice hoppyness, some beefstock and a touch of roasted black pepper in the aroma. The flavor is on the roasted malty side, but with a pleasant citrus peel-like hoppyness bringing some balance. Soy sauce, beef stock and a touch of alcohol too. Full-bodied and lightly warming. Bitter finish with some citrus peel and roasted malts. A quite wonderful one. 110916

Bottled@Craft Beer Co, London during July-August visit. Quite much a pitch black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts, mild ashes, coffee and some slight fruity and hoppy notes. Flavour is floral hops, some roasted malts, mild ashes and some chocolate. Also smoked wet wooden notes

Entering old rates. 12oz bottle. Couleur brune foncée, col beige. Arôme est houblonné avec un bouquet très prononcé de houblon citra et pin résineux laissant ce côté agrumes; pamplemousse et citron donner la mesure. Je note aussi un malt léger grillé et caramel qui se fond bien dans la masse de houblon herbacé. L’usage du cèdre étant un peu la signature de CCB reste modéré et rajoute une petite pointe d’épice le miel quant à lui est discret et donne juste ce qu’il faut de douceur et de profile naturel à la bière. Seul regret, que la bière soit si forte en alcool et aussi son prix qui est assez onéreux.

Deep pitch black coloured body with a viscous feel and almost no head at all. Aroma of oak, honey, roasted malt, alcohol, figs and quite a bit of licorice - not much hops really, those REALLY come through on the ’or’. Medium-bodied; Assertive roastiness with a lot of hops in the initial taste and they both quickly fade to an oaky, viscous dry vanilla and almost porter like feel. Aftertaste shows the alcohol warmth more than anything with a bit of toffee and caramel leftover and some mild hops finishing off the back end. Overall, a nice and strong beer that is interesting and well worth sampling. Sampled horizontally with the ’Or’ beer - which is far hoppier and more well rounded than this one, but neat to try both of these at the same time - next time i’m in Florida, I’ll try to find the other two. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Knightly Spirits (Orange Blossom) in Orlando, Florida on 15-November-2010 sampled at home in Washington on 16-October-2011.

A viscous black ipa with a thin lacing light mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, resinous hops, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, light honey, alcohol warmth, very nice and smooth, still solid after more than 9 years.