Bottled. A black beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, alcohol, and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, and over ripe fruits, leading to a dry finish, where the alcohol tingles my tongue.

0,1l taster at home courtesy of Sander, big thanks. black color, very dark and small coffee colored head. smells of cinnamon, light vanilla, maple, bitter chocolate, very nice smell. full body, light carbonation, oily mouthfeel. tastes of vanilla, maple, earthy notes, peppery, spices, some cocoa, bitter chocolate, fudgy, finishes sticky and lightly sweet with notes of maple, cocoa and some bitter chococlate. nice one, rather sticky and oily. was a bit scratchy at first, but gets quite a lot more maply and rounder once it warms up quite a bit. very good one overall.

Bottle pour at RB Best, 31/01/16. Black with a tan head. Nose is chocolate, roast malts, spice, dark fruit shreds. Taste comprises bitter roast, dark malts, cocoa nibs, charr, dates, stoned fruits, light black peppery spice. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a rising alcohol level. Steady enough Impy, masks the 12.5% well enough.

Bottle at Ratebeer Best. Pours a dark brown with no head. The aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, wood. Slick mouth feel, roast, cocoa, nuts, boozy finish, very good.

[1/31/16] Bottle sample at RateBeer Best festival in Santa Rosa. Black. Roast, chocolate, vanilla, some cinnamon. Sweet, slightly spicy, bitter finish. A bit of alcohol. Full-bodied.