Keg at Fierce. It pours opaque jet black with a thick, bubbly light tan head. The aroma is sweet, oily, maple bacon pancakes, oily, donuts, cake, toffee and honey cake. The taste is slick, bitter - sweet, oily, sweet, sticky, toffee, maple, roasted malt, rich roasted malt, dull smoke, warming alcohol, fruit cake, cocoa and chocolate cake with a slick, oily finish. Full some body and fine, foamy carbonation.. Flavourful and well judged balanced. Nice.

Bottle at craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coffee, light maple, taste is dry, bitter, roasted coffee, smoky.

Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - opaque black with a crema head. The head disappears fairly quickly. Nose - dark chocolate plus if you look for it, there’s some smoke. Taste - more of the same. It’s hard to identify the maple other than just as sweetness. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - my first from these guys and it was enjoyable. My one criticism would be that the body seems a little thin.

330ml bottle via Keith Niven. Shared at the Edinburgh homebrew barrel-fill. Pours dark brown with a thick beige head. Aromas of bacon from the off! Smoked meat, then the maple. Taste is smoky, sweet maple without being overpowering. Nice roasty, smoked finish. Good beer.