Bottle at home in London - sourced direct from the brewery. Pours rich, black-brown with a thick, luscious tan froth head that lasts for days. Roasted malts are the first hit on the nose, but next come notes of mild yeast, bread and tangy berries. Light to medium sweet flavor with tangy and leathery dark fruits, lightly bittersweet chocolate, burnt bread, tobacco, soft funk. Medium bodied with average, massaging carbonation. Incredibly dynamic to finish. You are at once smacked by robust roasted malts and all their chocolate, earth and ashy tobacco, then you get cleaned up by the tangy dark fruits, berries, decent funk. Wow. Everything really comes together here. Brings to mind the dark saisons I’ve tried from Hill Farmstead. This is hands down one of the best beers I’ve had from Partizan.

Bottle from the Partizan Brewery on 26 October. Poured pitch black (pretty much) with a thin, tan head. Aroma of roast malt, fruit cake and Belgian yeast. Flavours of black syrup, cherries and a herbal edge. Finish was burnt malt, charcoal and hop resin. Really interesting a well crafted beer. More dark saison, says I!

Bottle at home from the brewery, Opaque black / dark mahogany pour with a streadfast loose light tan head. Aroma is rich earthy roast and light choc with a little bit of pine. Flavour is rich liquorice / toffee / toast malt. Hop is earthy / piney. Finish is really dry, Medium body and crisp carbonation. Nice saison yeast character with light phenol. Finish is medium long duration roast malt. Very nice.