Pretty sweet, with lots of raisin juice. Little bit of christmassy spice thrown in adds complexity. Body could be better, and there's something missing to turn it from a fairly good stout into a great one. More spice? Chilli? Barrel?

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

Sample from 75 cl bottle. Pitch black with a thin tanned head. Sweet aroma with dark malts and resins fruits and caramel malts. Taste is sweet. Full body with an oliy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes sweet with dark malts and fruits. Nice.

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

Bottle@yesprs - Black pour with beige head. Sweet and toasty malty with some notes of cocoa and caramel, dark malty, loads of dark dried fruit offered, notes of raisin, sultana, dates, medium body, sprinkle of brown sugar, dark malty with some nice spices into the close.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty spicy caramel and dark fruit aroma. Roasted malty spicy caramel dark fruit raisin and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty spicy raisin dark fruit and chocolate finish.

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

Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Spice and dried fruit aroma. Dried fruit flavor with licorice and dark malts. Medium bodied. Licorice and dark malts linger with dried fruit and spice.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(750ml bottle from Mikkeller Webshop shared) Pours black with an average dark tan head and spotty lace. Aroma is savoury spicy notes, feels like an herb meets spicebox vibe, raisins, chocolately roast, coffee, ash. Flavour is rather sweet, mix of dusty, earthy roasty malt, some raisins in coffee, spicebox, light nutmeg and cinnamon, bit peppery, cacao husks, a little bittering hop greenness, dry finish. Medium bodied, oily, fairly softly carbonated. Better balanced than Dirac for me, thanks to the amount of roast here that evens out the significant sweetness.

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

From tap. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty and slight caramelish. Sweet and toasted malty. Slight fruity. Toasted and slight fruity. Herbal and toated. Dry and fruity finish.

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

Bottle thanks to Chow. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is spice, cocoa, roast. Slick body, milk chocolate, roast, spice, boozy finish, good.

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

On tap at Pita Kabob in Visalia as part of Black Friday. Pours reddish-brown with minimal head. Fair amount of dark fruit.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Capped 750 from Corti Bros. Pours very dark brown with a slight very dark tan head. Aroma of dark fruit and unfamiliar spice. Dark treacle. Arguably full bodied. Flavor is chocolate, dark fruit and something earthy that could be coffee. This is strongly flavored, but it's hard for me to parse the flavors. Far from dry, but somewhat earthy bitter. Nice stuff.