Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

9 December 2023. Vintage 2019 bottle from Deconinck - shared with Anke & Pieter!

Cloudy black, stable, very thin, beige head. Intense aroma of freshly baked brownie, black pepper, vanilla bean, cinnamon, clove, chocolate sauce, cappuccino, teriyaki, whisky, tobacco. Taste has sweet plum & brambleberry and sourish blackcurrant covered in thick malt layers of dark chocolate, brownie & pecan, elegantly complemented by spicy cinnamon & clove, underneath it all there's bitter espresso and an umami earthiness. Peppery hops in the finish, ongoing spicy notes and chocolate but eventually the chili starts burning, expressively but not in a dominant way, maintaining balance in the bittersweet profile, perhaps softened by the ageing too, together with warming whisky-like alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Complex and intense in all aspects, this is Pastry Stout on another level.

Korralikult vürtsikas, šokolaad, röst, kakao, nats vaniljet ka, magusus ja mõrudus on heas tasakaalus - magus, aga mitte läila. Lõpus on kuiv ja šokolaadi mõru. Väga hea. 4.1

Dosc agresywny, drapiacy, ma goryczke jakby? Cialem nie szokuje... moze to kwestia Probkowania, moe wypicia kolejnych ilus zajebistych puwi, ale chyba kiedys byl lepsiejszy... wgl kiedys to bylo ;) acz i tak bdb jest