50cl bottle, batch # 508, bbe 14.08.15. Pours almost black with a light brown, thick lasting head. Licorice, roasted malt, coffee notes in aroma. Lovely.Flavor has roasted malt, ash, tar and coffe. Finish is dry with smoke and ash, some spiciness that lasts. Plastic notes pushing through when cold. Balanced any enjoyable, perfect winter beer.

A dark brown beer with an almost medium, dense and beige head. Aroma of roastiness, wood, spices, earthyness; complex and nice aroma.Taste is similar than aroma, dark malts, smoke, spices, wood and herbs, quite dry taste. Medium+ bodied, smooth and pleasant to drink. Complex and balanced, honest and tastafull beer.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a thick, frothy, perfectly microfoamed tan head - about four centimetres tall. Aroma of malt, raisins, prunes, concord grapes, must, mushrooms and a touch of earth. Medium to Full-bodied; Dense, thick chocolate flavour at first with a good dose of pit fruits and some deep fruit flavours of prunes and plums with a bit of dates. Aftertaste shows a lot of complexity with some basement mustiness, some mushrooms, chocolate, a lot of alcohol, metal and a good level of earthy malt. Overall, a nice beer with a ton of great complexity, a nice layer of flavours and some great sweetness. I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 20-November-2011 for US$8.95 sampled at home in Washington when the weather finally got sort of chilly on 12-February-2012. Batch 307, Total Bottles 3240, my bottle was bottled on 07-September-2010.

Bottle at home. Dark brown to black with a light brown head, somewhat creamy. Smells of roast coffee, smoke and milk chocolate. Wonderful smoky flavours and nice balanced coffeelike medium bitterness. Sweet and dark chocolate as well. A slick and silky mouthfeel. Low carbonation. A nice and well balanced beer in every step. Not what I would call a typical christmas beer, but still a fantastic beer. Excellent with tasteful cheese.