7.8

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

8.1

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

On tap at Dispensary, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma brings out medium roasted malt, intense hops and some earthiness. Flavour is intense, with lots of roasted malt, intense hops, and earthiness. Roasty, hoppy and well-balanced. Very good.

8

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

Fine coffee and chocolate aroma. Taste is smooth and silky. Well balanced, fine hopy and faint coffee finish.

8.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Keg at the kernel tap room. A opaque black brown coloured pour with a lasting frothy tan head. Aroma is massive piney hop, earthy toast, charred barrel, some cow pat. Palate is semi sweet, spicy moderate carbonation. Flavour is composed of rich dark roasted malts, resinous piney hop, woody bark, firm bitterness, layered roasted malts, little salt. Top notch.

8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at the new brewery. Chocolate brown colour with small golden head. Aroma is a touch of spice, little bit of citrus hops, roasty malt, chocolate and coffee, maybe a bit of orange peel in there too. Taste is very roasty, bit of vanilla, some hop bitterness. Nice prickle in the mouth.

7.8

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

7.6

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

Keg at Brewdog Soho. Black pour with a tan head. Nose of raisin, light smoke, dark chocolate. Flavours of chocolate, lots more raisin, liquorice toffee. Goid stuff.

7

Backlog

7.8

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

Tap at the Dynamo Bar, Brussels. Pours black with brownish head. Aroma is roast, malt, hoppy, citrus, sweat. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast, malt, coffe, citrus. Overall: very good.