Pours dark, chocolaty brown. Small, lightly tanned head. Scent is intense, chocolate, simple and sweet impressions. Taste is smooth, sweet and simple. Very alike a dubbel, more than a 'biere noire'. Caramel, simple BE style yeast, quite estery. Too sweet, simple and yeasty for me.

Very dense, huge, cream-russet head over virtually black beer. Chocolate, mocha, wood, liquorice, faitn smoke/ashy aroma, but also lactic, wild ferments. Light stout acidity, again bit lactic, but dominated by a lot of fiery roast. Rich, with wood, chocolate, tobacco, mocha - yet ont heavy. Fruity notes (strawberry with dark chocolate topping?). Feels better bodied than it probably is, the complexity helping. Good carbonation, viscous to a certain extent. Complex beyond its apparent style.