7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Rated at Ryyppyliiteri. Stuffy, earthy and sweetish with some creamy vanilla notes, stingy nutty notes and lactose milky notes. Not very good.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared in London - cheers! Pours black-brown with a creamy, beige head. Medium sweet flavour, some vague berry notes, gooey chocolate. Full bodied, oily and chewy. Warming, sticky finish. Novel.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

29th February 2024
CBJ Tasting.Thanks to Wingman. Opaque dark brown beer, small darkish tan head. Smooth airy and slightly viscous palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Fluffy rich dark chocolate malts, fabulous rich dark chocolate and cream. Near Almond Liqueur. A little spice. Sumptuous and rich.

8.1

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

Bottle split at the ‘rar’ date tasting in CBJ, thanks to the Wingmane, 29/02/2024.
Black topped with a tan cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, dark fruit esters, toffee melt.
Taste comprises chocolate pot, jammy berry fruits, dark malts, vanilla, boose, mellow roast, spice.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a rising boost offered.
Solid sipper.

8.8

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

Bottle at home, 2023 version. Pours black, nose is chocolate, vanilla, coconut, almond, pistachio, taste is similar, quite sweet, some honey, treacle.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

2023 batch 003 bottle drunk 8/2/23. Undetermined clarity. Dark. Tan head immediately to ring. A bit of booze up front with fruity bourbon/vanilla and a bit of lactose. Don't get actual, nutty pistachio...wonder if this is some sort of extract? So damned fruity, wow. Hard to tell what to expect from the flavor based on the nose. Reminds of napolitano ice cream, so they did do that well. Wow. What?! Big bursts of fuzzy pistachio nuttiness, earthy, oily, rich. Good acidity with bourbon bracing in the background. Sweet, with lactose exacerbating, though I suppose lactose is more appropriate here than in most beers (given the aims of an ice cream stout). Huge lactose, fruity vanilla, lots of chocolate and pistachio, but just SO god damned sweet. Jesus. Yeah, I split this bottle two ways and I can't even finish half my glass. Just punishingly sweet, despite the pistachio and bourbon being quite nice. They had no business releasing this beer yet. This needs 3 more months at the very minimum, if not 6 months or more like a year. I think it has potential, but this is way, way, way too young.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Pours black. Vanilla, pistachio, cherry, raspberry, almond, Bakewell, bourbon, chocolate biscuit, so much pistachio. Good body. Excellent.

9

Lci. Really solid pistachio ice cream, another bottle logic banger, creamy and sweet, oh boy it's 15abv, sweet velvety lovely green ice cream vibes.