Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Cask gravity at GBBF 2018. It pours opaque black with a bubbly tan head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, oily, chewy, umami, liquorice, meaty, dull smoke, bonfire and tar. The taste is dry, slick, chewy, tar, burnt toast, tire fire, liquorice allsorts, smoked, charred, leathery, spicy, plenty of umami and earth with a drying and sticky finish. Medium body, low carbonation with an oily mouth feel. Soo much umami. Burnt and oily. Tough work.

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 1 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As De Kromme Haring Beluga ].
ABV: 10.5%. Clear dark dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted, sweet malt, light chocolate and licorice. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, chocolate, dark malt, roasted, yeast, dark fruit - licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming. [20180807]
6-3-7-3-14

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

7th August 2018
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, very modest fine carbonation. Sweetish dark malts balanced by some bitterish licorice. Some tangy fruits on the finish. Not bad, belies the abv for the most part.

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

Bottle shared after UBF. Opaque black color, medium sized brown colored head. Aroma is malts, dark malts, dark chocolate and some smoky notes. Taste malts, dark chocolate, light smoke notes again, quite bitter, malt bitter and roast bitter mainly. Decent to medium body, medium carbonation. Solid. 7-4-7-3-14 = 3.5 -- Rerate August 26th 2018: Sampled @ Van Moll Fest 2018. Very dark brown to black color, average sized light brown colored head. Smell and taste malts, dark malts, roasty, bitter, malt bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Ok. 7-3-7-3-15.

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

Bottle (from De Bierkoning, Cees) @ home. Pitch black color. Dense brown head with reasonable retention. Aroma's: drop/licorice, umami, dark chocolate, sweetish. Retronasal it's roasted, sweetish, chocolate, a bit red fruit and umami. Flavor is moderate sweet, umami, roasted moderate bitter. Medium bodied. Smooth mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. Long finish, roasted, with firm bitterness. They can do this too!

--- Beer aliased from original tick of Baby Beluga on 18 Apr 2025 at 17:26 - Score: 7. Original review text: #deKrommeHaring #utrecht

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

bottle after UBF, shared with Benzai and Caesar, black with a light brown head. Aroma of roastes malts, chocolate, cacao, Taste of chocolate, coffee, roasteds, cacao powdery, some licorice, oat, malts, grain, dried fruits, quite nice,