7.4

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

Bottle picked up from probably Beer Republic or another Dutch beer website, consumed at home Friday 31st January 2025 listening to Afrodeutsche on 6Music. We cooked a large Lasagna and also Cannelloni (which we had tonight). Pours almost black in colour with a rapidly disappear head that left a few light beige filmy islands atop. Typical apple spices on the nose, nutmeg and cinnamon.

7.8

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

Deep brown in color with a small tan head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee and brandy barrel. Taste is chococolate vanilla, coffee with hints of apple and cinnamon.

7.5

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

Draft. A- Brandy, cinnamon, caramel, mild oak. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, off white head. T- Cinnamon, brandy, caramel, malt, subtle oak, boozy. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- A full bodied beer but it doesn't bring a ton of heat. The brandy is clearly the superstar here with loads of cinnamon involved. This was easy to drink. Enjoyed it quite a lot. Tasted more like a strong ale than a stout.

8

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

Pours dark brown/black color with tan head. Aromas brandy, roasted malt, and some caramel. Sweet brandy flavor with roasted malt and some booze. Full body with minimal carbonation.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Community Tap, Greenville. Colour is almost black with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Brandy, coffee, some dark chocolate and roasted malts.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with little head. Aromas of raisin bread, including the cinnamon, plus toasty malts. Rich flavors follow same with syrupy apples and nice soft brandy and old oak. Wow, this is great stuff.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 oz. bottle, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is loaded with raisins, brandy and cinnamon - very complex. Flavour is loaded with rich cinnamon and raisins upfront, with tons of brandy barrels and molasses. Rich, yet unabrasive. Excellent.

8

Dark black bod sml brown head. Sweet brandy molasses fruit arma. Brandy, fruit, molass choc flav. Full bod low carb. 8/5/8/4/15 4.0

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle - this is one of those beers that is just way more than the sum of its parts - the dark malt, apple brandy, oak, and bourbon come together in the nose in a way the evokes cherry cordials and liqueur-infused chocolates - low carbonation and full mouthfeel - flavor is certainly warming - bourbon-soaked cherries, brandy, charred oak, dark chocolate - sweet, but tempered by a light tartness and acidity reminiscent of dark fruit skins - this is a great warming holiday sipper - a spendy four pack, but given that it works out to four bucks a bottle, and most breweries these days would have the audacity to charge ten bucks a bottle for such a beer, I consider this a deal - I certainly hope this become a seasonal regular.