Imperial stout from this trusted Berlin craft brewer, using more crystal and chocolate malts than previous editions apparently - all these 'Dreams' indeed differ from one another in their respective recipes. Can shared at Bar Beenhouwer, cheers Jan and Pieter. Thinnish, greyish beige, moussey, opening head on a black robe with mahogany edges. Aroma of toasted walnuts, bitter chocolate, burnt brown bread, fudge, coffee grounds, black tea, vanilla, cigar ashes, minerals. Dense, sweet onset, dried dates with a dash of black olive-like umami, medium carbonated with very full, oily, rounded body; mouth-filling roasty coffee 'blackness' and bitterness ensues, but counteracted by toffee- and chocolate-like sweet layers underneath. Slight ashy and peppery accents in the finish, where a wodka-like alcohol effect glows up; ends rich with a good balance of sweet and bitter - the roastiness being pronounced enough to use the term 'oldskool' here. Very solid.

A black beer with a tan head. Aroma of mid sweet dark malt, chocolate, caramel. Taste of roasted dark malt, chocolate, caramel, some liquorice, sweet sticky finish.

Can. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, roasted barley, dark malts, definitely doubling down. Full-bodied. Flavour is sweet, super malty, loads of caramel, intense dark chocolate, bitter. Definitely very intense, an amped up classical imperial stout.

Süß-herber, cremig malziger Beginn. Wenig alkoholisch, viel Kakao, vollmundig. Bitterschokolade, etwas holzig, cremig bleibend. Würzig malziger Mittelteil und Abgang, erhöhte Viskosität, langer Nachhall. 10/12/11/13/9/12

Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black. Roast, coffee, a bit vegetal, sweet and slightly sourish and umami, bitterish boozy finish.