Bottled 330ml (from Bierkoning, Amsterdam)
Dark brown colour, small beige head. Toasted, coffeish aroma. Medium-bodied. Toasted malts, some chocolate and coffee in the flavour. Ok drinkability. A bit of ashy in the aftertaste.

Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een donkerbruin tot zwart bier met een licht bruin schuim. Het heeft een chocolade achtige geur. De smaak is koffie in het begin met chocolade in de nasmaak.

Bottle sampled at THT December. Very dark brown with beige head. Thick roast, coffee, soft peat, earthy notes, wood, dark chocolate, soft vanilla. Solid medium sweet and bitter. Almost full bodied with thick oily feel.

Xmas THT at Kwartje. Black with light tan head. Sweet roasted malts, dark malts, chocolate, light sour oaky character. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body. Powdery and milky feel. Soft carbonation. Well done Sinterklaas. Earlier Rating: 2/20/2018 Total Score: 4Bottle at home. Pours dark brown with light tan head. Deep roasted chocolate malts. Very lovely dry roast with dense chocolate notes, licorice, wood, light salty oyster and ink notes. Moderate sweet and over medium bitter. Medium body, supple and milky feel. I really like this.

Bottle shared at THT December ‘18. Black with a tan head. Aroma of dark malts, dark chocolate, roast, coffee and a touch of spice. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.Earlier Rating: 5/30/2018 Total Score: 3.88 3 8 3 16Bottle. Near black with a beige head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, coffee, light soy and caramel. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Winter beer by Zaandijk’s Hoop, a porter made with cocoa nibs. Thanks Craftmember for sharing. Irregular, thick, creamy, yellowish beige and slowly thinning head, leaving a greyish veil over the middle of a very dark chocolate brown robe with ruddy hue. Aroma of strong beef broth and boiled down gravy, hot ironed cloth, coffee grounds, charred meat and roasted chicory, bitter chocolate. Sweetish onset with light sourish undertone but strong, bit teriyaki-like umami effect too, softish carb, very creamy and smooth mouthfeel. Walnutty and caramelly malt profile with bitter-chocolatey edge, the latter of course accentuated by bittering-sweet cocoa nibs, though I find the overall cocoa / chocolate effect to be quite understated for a beer advertising itself as a chocolate porter. Some leafy hop bitterish and coffeeish roasted touches create pleasant end bitterness, though. Not as chocolatey as expected by far, too much umami, but the general profile indeed holds the middle between old-fashioned English winter warmer ales on the one hand and modern American chocolate and coffee porters on the other hand. Interesting, in all.

LCI

Bottle from AH @ home. Black with a small light brown head. Smells loads of coffee, roasty, some chocolate, sweet. Tastes coffee, chocolate, roasty, breadcrust, sweet. Nice. Medium body, slightly velvety, soft carbo.

Vlak en weinig interessant. Choco inderdaad wel proefbaar.