Bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a reddish hue. Looks clear, but I’m not sure. The head is big, tan and foamy, and nice lacings are left. The aroma is sugary and chocolatey with alcohol, dried fruits, roasted malt and a little perfumy touch. Sweet chocolate, some alcohol, lots of prunes and raisins and some roasted malt in the flavor, before the bitterness comes stronger towards the end and gets very pleasant. Warming, full-bodied mouthfeel. There’s too much alcohol evident I think, but maybe it’s just because it’s the first beer today? (080126)

Bottled (THT 26/10/2007)
Courtesy of bierkoning. Dark ruby red color, big creamy beige head, some lace. Toasted malty, ashy aroma with hints of sourness. Dry, ashy, tobacco flavor with roasted maltyness. Some sourness also in the flavor. Late bitterness and tiny amounts of sweetness. Reasonably drinkable stout, but ashyness and light sourness are a bit odd. (6/5/6/3/13 3.3). Re-rated, bottle (THT 03/02/2009). Dark ruby-brown color, huge tan head. Toasted aroma with hints of smoke. Chocolaty, caramel malty with hints of ash. Licorice too. Not sourness as I had in the first bottle. Much better now than in the first time. (7/4/7/4/15 3.7)

Bottle, 7.7%, Fruity aroma, a little sour rag. Almost black colour, with a dark brown shine. Big and quite stable grey/brown head. The flavour is roasted with some liquorice and some of the cardboard I often get in hombrewed and microbrewed stouts. Unpleasant cardboard and yeast notes. Late roast malt bitterness, quite peppery and rough. There is also some sourness in here that is fortunately hidden by other flavours. Thick mouthfeel. Flavourful, but not really my cup of stout.

Dark red colour, tan head. Aromas of chocolate and coffee. Chocolate and creamy taste.

Bottled. Ahazy brown beer with an ornage head. The aroma is sweet and quite herbal. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of caramel, flowers, and spices. Nice, but not roasted enough in my opinion to be a stout, but the drinability is high.

Rerate, first rating was 3.2. I guess the beer has improved. Winning an award at the GBBF and after trying it the second time, i can understand why. Nicely balanced, strong in taste with coffee, mocha, chocolat, roasted malts. Very nice! Original: Deep black color, thin off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, licorice and some laurel. Sweet taste of heavy roasted malts, coffee, some chocolate.

Bottle at GBBF. Dark ruby with tan head, very drinkable, some chocolate and burnt malts. Nice enough