Sample at Arizona Strong Beer Festival 2019. Dark brown with a small head. Aroma and taste of malt, caramel, spices and some dark fruit. Some warming alcohol in the finish.

Draft @ Mike Hess Brewing Co. - Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA. Pours a dark brown black color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel and dark fruit aroma. Fruity malty spicy caramel dark fruit and figs flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy dark fruit and caramel finish.

Draught at World of Beer, 12/31/15.
Deep, dark chocolate brown body shows moderate clarity and a beige head atop that is well-retained.
Cocoa powder, sweet milk chocolate, cinnamon-pepper-like phenols and a figgy-prune thing going on translate to a malty, but still at least noticeably Belgian aroma. Soft vanilla, cellar notes and then tons of raisins and dry roast on the finish. No alcohol noted in the nose, nor flaw.
Sweet, undeniably so, in flavor, though not syrupy or cloying. There’s an anise-pepper character from the yeast, as well as light roasted notes, drying out the beer, somewhat, on the finish. Lots of vanilla, very mild acidity and pretty light on the fig character. Tastes like raisins/prunes and seems pretty well-integrated with the beer. Carbonation is moderate, fairly tight and the texture is lightly slick, with some softness from the malt. Quite drinkable, with enjoyable maltiness but certainly not very yeast-forward, which is what I most desire in a BSA.

Keg at the brewpub on 30th st, SD, 15/11/14. Black with a decent tan swirl. Nose is light roast, biscuit, toffee, hint of spice. Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, spice, figs, dates, light toffee. Full bodied, fine carbonation, bitter sweet licks and lightly warming booze in the close. Decent enough dark Belgo offering, pretty well balanced.

Draft - Dark malt and herbs. Jet black with a thin head. Malts, anise, herbal and a bit of yeast.