Very thick, dirty yellow-brown head, collapsing over fully opaque, near-black beer. Remarkable salty-sweet nose, with a dash at Chinese Oystersauce. Further more classical (dark) bready aroma’s. Very fade sweet taste, with vague hints at licorice, mainly. A bit bready & malty, and somehow chalk. No salinity here, but it clearly shows its artificial sweetener. Retronasal some woody notes. Quite slick, a tad cloying. "Aus einem anderen Zeit" they say. Saccharin? Yes, they mean DDR-Zeit, and I thought this was finally over? And worse, the back label calls it "Art Oud Bruin"! SACRILEGE!

Bottle: Dark amber coloured, lasting, thin off-white foamy layer; typical aroma: roasted malts, molasses, hops from far behind; heavy sweet and malty start; taste of a sweetened coffee, light hoppiness in the short finish; oily texture; typical "DDR"-taste, not bad, but too sweet for me.........