6

Licorice; coffee; tar and smoke. Molases. Chocolate. Smooth. Ok but not wow.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle @ home. Black colour with a small beige head. Smells roasty, dark malts, some liquorice. Tastes toffee, sweet, sugary, kinda bitter, roasty, chocolate. Unbalanced. Medium body, medium carbo. Annoyingly bitter.

8

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

330ml bottle from, I think, Vanuxeem. Pours black, small ring of pale tan head. Aroma chucks out some fruity notes, light roast. Taste is predominantly dark berry fruits, soft roast with fleeting coffee moments. Quite nice.

7.3

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

F: big, off-white, average retention. C: dark, clear. A: roasted malt, hint of chocolate, cocoa, dark fruits, brown sugar. T: malty, hint of basement, chocolate, weird tones fruity, woody, dry on the palate, medium body, medium carbonation, good one, sample from tap @ ZBF 2017 Leuven.

7.3

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

Bottle from LDW, Eke. Beautiful bottle! Black beer, brown foam. Nose of roasted malts, coffee, citrussy hops. Harsh bitter hoppines along with roasty maltiness. Very special imperial stout, but not bad.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at La Porte Noire, Bruxelles. Pours black, medium beige head. Chocolate, cocoa, malty, moderate roastiness, sweet, some bitterness in finish. Medium bodied.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33cl bottle. The beer pours almost black in color with a thick off white head. Aroma has some mild sour notes coming through at first, along with coffee and cocoa. Slightly off I’d say. Flavor has hops, cocoa powder, mild berry notes, pleasant dark chocolate notes in the bonedry finish.

7

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

330ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, fairly lasting and lacing, beige head. Roasty, minimally smoky, dark malty aroma, notes of cocoa, coffee, malt lozenge. Taste is slightly roasty dark malty, a minimally smoky touch "at the entrance", hints of coffee and cocoa with sweet-ish malt lozenge sublayer, bitter and minimally floral hoppy counterweight, some liquorice. Relatively light, easy drinkable.

8.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

dark brown colour, one inch, dense creamy beige head; aroma of heavy roasted sunflower seed, cocoa, soy sauce, some ice chocolate and herbal notes; taste is similar to the aroma with perfect balance of roasted bitterness and syrupy notes; a bit ’weak’ for being an imperial stout (according to the brewer, it is an imperial stout - Belgian strong ale, as indicated here at RB should only be a joke), but otherwise really enjoyable

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Sampled at Zythos 2016. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours black, small white head. Smell is malty-roasty bitterness. Taste is sharp, bit bitter, dark chocolate. intense. Not bad !