33cl bottle @ Brewery. This is lovely. I got to sample a fresh bottle and a three years old bottle. The Fresh: Black with a creamy brown head and handsome lacings. Nose is roasted coffee, liquorice, some ashy and dry notes. 4 The Vintage: Port wine, liquorice, coffee, chocolate, vanilla. Extremely smooth, sticky and tasty. Long lasting end . . . Tasty stuff. 4,2. By miles the best Italian beer Ive had so far!

Black, viscous pouring beer with no head to speak of. Concentrated coffee, aged in brandy barrel, very complex. Liquid black chocolate, with a dash of expensive brandy, cacao powder with coffee to round it off (like cappucino the other way round). Superbly viscous alcohol to a bomb, wow! Caro Massimo! Stop making light beers. Your destination lies in the higher alcohols - like this. It rocks! Mille grazie for the tasting!