On tap at Belching Beaver, North Park, San Diego. Almost black with a tan head. Sweet with coffee, vanilla, chocolate and some toffee. The body was medium as was the bitterness.

On tap at the brewery. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is cocoa and roast. Medium body, roast, nuts, cocoa, dry finish, very good.

(Tap) clear, bright dark brown colour with a small, beige head; aroma of roast, sweet chocolate, smoked fruit, molasses; balanced flavour with a long, light tart and bitter finish

Rich super dark coloured body with a thinnish off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, toffee, earth and a good deal of cream and sugars - relatively nice. Medium-bodied; Very malty flavours up front with some lactose, earth, milk, cream, grain and vanilla with a bunch of lactose on the finish - very sweet, but milky. Aftertaste is deep and robust with a large vanilla, icing sugar, grain, alcohol and especially creamy flavour with the lactose by far the strongest. Overall, a nice and super rich beer that doesn’t work too well in the heat of Hawaii, but it’s still a well produced beer for the style! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Safeway in Honolulu, Waikiki (Kapahulu), O’ahu, Hawaii a few hours ago on 22-August-2016 for US$8,38 sampled in my hotel room here in Waikiki on my last night of vacation on 22-August-2016.

Black, dissipating off-white head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, lactose (light condensed milk). Sweet flavour, chocolate and coffee. Quite fizzy. Bitter finish, malts, chocolate.
(from 66cL bottle shared @ ZZT XII, ’Getting Joes’d to it’, Oirschot)

Bottle @ ZZT12. Black with no head. Smells roasty, earthy, coal. Tastes roasty, sweet, earthy. Medium body, soft carbo.

22/08/2015 – sample (bottle) @ Gents Bierfestival shared with JorisPPattyn, Sebletitje, 77ships & PriorL Black colour, no head, very low carbo, Roasted malts, caramel, some sweetness,

Aroma of sweet, dark malts. Smooth and creamy texture. Quite sweet but with some roasted malts and chocolate in the aftertaste.

Sample @ 6de Gents Bierfestival 2015. Brune foncée, fin beige. Arôme est malté, avec pas mal de grillé, rétro légèrement houblonné citronné. Palais est malté, douce avec une pointe de lactose? Grillé léger qui accompagne bien une certaine douceur, le tout dans un style assez anglais, fini sec et terreux.

At GBF. Very dark chestnut coloured beer with very thin and quickly dissipating head. Aroma has a smoked bacon quality to it - unexpected in a milk stout - apart from hazelnuts, caramel, grass, toasted bread and dried apricot. Smooth, oily mouthfeel but less full and creamy than expected from the style, clean fruitiness, caramelly with a toasted edge, even a bit roasted in the end with a peppery hop accent. Good stout, but not what one would expect from a milk stout.