7.3

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

Rather huge foxy-greige head over reddish deep-brown beer. Sweet-smelling as vanilla, caramel, toffee, treacle, pastry - and, indeed, salted caramel. Roast, caramel, stout acidity, pastry and mineral. No bitterness but all one might expect is there, and in pretty good balance at that. Well-bodied without excess. Faint alcoholwarming, viscous. The salted caramel is quite present, yet perfectly blending in. Maybe 'imperial' (or anti-) is a bit stretching it for 9.1 % ABV, but no matter. Txs to Stef!

8.1

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

33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL)
F: thin, tanned, mostly big bubbles.
C: dark, opaque.
A: dark malts, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, dark fruits, caramel, vanilla.
T: full malty base, dark over 70% chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, bit herbal, spicy touch, dark fruits, soft carbonation, nice balanced long lasting harmonic bitterness, delicious, fully enjoyed.

6.5

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

Almost black with lasting creamy head. Aroma has some bay leaf and aniseed. Taste has dark malt, some spiciness and some cinnamon.

7.6

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

(Draught at Le Barboteur, Brussels, 18 Oct 2023) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, hazelnuts, vanilla and milky coffee. Malty, roasted taste with notes of chocolate, toffee, hazelnuts, vanilla, cinnamon, milky coffee and a balanced cacao bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. A bit sweet, but rich and tasty. Very nice.

6

Vanilla, alcohol, roast, sweet, sugary, orange marmalade, alcohol

6

Magus, kummine, vahukommine, röst, šokolaad, puuviljane. Okish.

8.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Estonian Tallinn Friends tasting. Rather full body, med-high carbonation. Lots of chocolate, toffee, light liquorice and cinnamon, hint of coffee. Med-high sweetness, medium bitterness. Tasty, very good.

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Dark brown, black colour, beige foam. Nose of vanilla, cocoa, coconut, roasted malts, coffee. Rather sweet and artificial, not very good.