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

bottle at The Thirsty Scarecrow Stellenboch ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ...soft sweet earthy dark fruit nose ..soft rich sweet dark heavy fruit ..lots of burnt caramelised sugers ..soft thinner than expected bidy..but soft wine tones ..nice

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

0,33l bottle from Bar Keeper, enjoyed @ home. Pours cloudy dark brown with a low off-white head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts with dark fruits. Flavor is sweet roasted malts, spices, dark fruits, alcohol, hops. Quite nice.

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

Bottle. Mahogany-brown beer with a tan head. Caramel and yeast aroma with dark fruit and barrel notes. Dark fruit and yeast flavor with wine barrel and caramel. Medium bodied. Dark fruit/red wine and caramel linger with yeast and barrel notes.

Alcoholic black forest gateux

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

0.33 l bottle brought by Goran from South Africa 🌍 shared with Višnja 666 and Pilot Goran. Dark brown, medium off-white to tan head. Alcohol in aroma, also dark malts, dried fruits. Roasty aroma, some caramel or honey 🍯 very sweet and yeasty. Harsh. Medium to full body, moderate carbonation, moderate finish.

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

Bottle shared at level 42, picked up in Cape Town. It pours cloudy deep mahogany brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is soft, sweet, estery, candy, pear, sugared plums, wood and some booze. The taste is slick, sweet, sweet fruits, tangy date, sugared plum, raisin, wood, vanilla, leather, touch of nail varnish and some warming alcohol. Pretty sweet and rich on the finish. Medium + body and average carbonation. Balance is not quite there, but there are good elements to it.

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

Bottle split at L42, thanks to Paulo, 23/01/17. Mahogany brown with a decent light tan cap. Nose is wood, toffee, fruit cake mix, light spice. Taste comprises treacle toffee, dates, figs, spice, dark malts, light wooded tones, toasted brown sugar. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light warming boost. Decent enough easy drinking Belgian strong but perhaps fails to deliver a little on its hefty ABV.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

23rd January 2017
Level 42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Paul. Light haze on this deep amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, modest carbonation. Soft dry malts, sweetish cream and caramel. Modest fruits and mellow rum. Some mild alcohol warmth. Touch of vanilla. Light dry spicy finish. Some decent components but the whole doesn’t sing for me.

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

Bottle shared in London - thanks to Paul. Pours clear, rich brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose has some burnt wood, ripe berries, earth. Light sweet flavour with some jammy dark berries, toffee, alcohol, burnt marshmallows. Full bodied, oily, with fine to average carbonation. Warming finish with more toasted toffee, light ash, brown bread, ripe berries. Not bad overall.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared on Level 42 23/01/2017. Many thanks to Paul for this one. A nut brown coloured pour with a halo of beige head. Aroma is salty, solvent, hot alcohol, raisin. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, brown malts, raisin, brown bread, cakey, little tangy fruits in the finish. Lingering alcohol.