7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at De Markies, Leeuwarden. Aroma is big roasty coffee and roasted malt with grindy coffee, touch of chocolate and liquorice. Body is medium. Nice roasty bitterness, tasty blast of coffee supported by roasted malt.

8.2

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

Cask at the Nag’s Head, Reading on 30th June 2023. Solid, impenetrably black with light brown foam and spot lacing. Rich, roasty malts aroma. Fresh wholebean coffee in-mouth with a suggestion of ripening cherries. A lasting finish of fresh roasty malt. Full bodied with an engaging texture.

7

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

Draught@Craft Beer Helsinki 2018. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted, some black currant with mild toffee and some nutty notes. Flavour is black currant, nuts, some roasted notes along with mild smoked wood.

7

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

Half-pint, cask at Alehouse. Shared with Finn. Decent beige head over a black body, spotty lacing. Smell of roasted black chocolate, mid-sweet and smoothly roasted. Tastes fine with a mix of chocolate and coffee. Roasted dark malty ending. Fine depth to it. Nice. (Reading 19.11.2021).

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Delt med Rune. Svart. Mokkafarget filmskum. Lett sur fruktaroma. Smaken kaffe, søt frukt & røstet makt. Tørr avslutning. Mest kaffe.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can from the brewery online shop. Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Creamy, fawn head. Nose - coffee bean and creamy chocolate. Taste - creamy chocolate and coffee. Milky coffee, in fact. Palate - medium bodied, creamy texture. Lightly roasty finish. Overall - good.

6

Mwoah. Dikke smaak hoor, maar wat meer alcohol had er wel voor gezorgd dat de bitterheid wat minder lomp zou aankomen. Nu is het een beetje alsof je houtskool met aspirine aan het degusteren bent.

7.2

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

440ml can. Almost black with a dense tan head. Aroma of coffee, roast malts, chocolate. Taste is heavy on the coffee, roast malts, very bitter burnt/ashy notes, dark chocolate. Medium body.

6.8

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

Keg @ Tap & Can. Pours dark, creamy off-white head. Aroma has plenty of coffee and roast. Good coffee bitterness coming through to taste, dark chocolate, gently soft textures, mild sweetness coming through. Good.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Very dark brown with a thin tan head. Coffee and marshmallows on the nose, with a bit of chocolate and candy sugar. Taste is unsurprisingly sweet, but not impossibly so, with the coffee notes dominant in the finish. Slight sourness of yeast extract in the aftertaste. Full body and carbonation. Lovely.