7.5

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

On tap at Higgins Ale Works, München, Saturday 29th November 2025 after going to Bayern Munich v At Pauli with Heidi and Shaun, they probably won't read this but a big thanks guys for the tickets. Pours black with a slim beige head, nicely bitter but with a solid roastiness, a groovy citrussyness comes through. Nice, v.nice.

7

keg at Higgins ...dark dusty brown black ..thin tan lacing .soft sweet woody pine chocolate roast malts nose ..dark chocolate roast malts ..dry woody pine

8

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

Tap at Higgins Brewery tap, 14th March 24, finally stop on the bike hire crawl! Pours a murky brown. Aroma is raw and hoppy, citrus and pine, infused with cocoa. Taste is aromatic, bitter, citrus and pine, raw hops, I love it.

6.9

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

Tap. Black color with eggshell head. Aroma is chocolate, grassy, mild roast. Taste is grassy, chocolate, earthy, leafy, bitter grassy sticky finish. Silky mouthfeel, foamy soft carbonation. Decent!

7.5

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

Tap at the brewery. Dark brown. Hoppy orange and chocolate cookie (though the freshly baked one is approx at least 7 centimeter away). Grown up dark, creamy, malt. Very drinkable.

7.8

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

330ml bottle. Cloudy, dark brwon colour with ruby shimmer and small to average, thick, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white to beige head. Roasty dark malty and grass, piney, hoppy aroma, notes of coffee, fresh hay, scallions, dark chocolate. Taste is bitter, piney and grassy, slightly resinous and citrusy fruit hoppy, roasty dark malty, notes of coffee, dark chocolate, scallions, some grapefruit peel, orange, orange flavoured chocolate; a touch of liquorice and salmiac in the finish. Slightly oily, watery texture, smooth and dry, minimally greasy and cloying palate, medium, foamy, mildly prickly carbonation. Well balanced, harmonious - wonderful!

8

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

Bottle. Cloudy chestnut black, golden brown foam. Flowery hop on fruit and roast aroma. Medium full, sparkly mouthfeel. Sweet tropical and peach base, pleasant dry roastiness - all the aromatics but no bitterness, grassy and piney finish, Nice!

6.5

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Moderat röstiger Hopfenbeginn. Leichte Süße, Nuancen von Lakritz, Kaffee. Hohe Süffigkeit, etwas trocken im Hintergrund, langer malzig-hopfiger Nachhall. 8/11/10/11/8/11

7.6

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

Bottle from the brewery; 6.7% drunk while firing up season two of The Witcher. Very dark brown, decent and pretty head. Nose is malty with good hop character, earthy with fruity/citrus hints. The flavor has a hint of dank goodness with some lemon and orange, but the earthiness blends very well with the dark roasted malt notes. An excellent hoppy dark beer! (finally, there's a dark hop bomb that's not a 10%+ sweet/bitter double double imperial stout.)

7

Sampled @ Braukunst Live 2020. A clear reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, coffee, bitter hops. Taste of bitter roasted coffee, dark malt, caramel, vanilla, long bitter finish.