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

Draught @ Bad Seed Beer Fest, Aalborg 2025. Pours black with a creamy beige head. Toasted and roasted. Smooth chocolate. Decent. 3.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

8% at Kingston Beer Festival - Pours black with a small beige head that settled to a thin film. The aroma is roasted malts, and coffee with some bitter chocolate notes. A rich roasted taste, roasted dark malts, sweet coffee, and chocolate flavours with a roasted and light smoky finish. Nice.

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

Draft sample @ Swafff! 2022 - shared with the Gentse Bierverniging team.
Noire, col blanc-cassé tenace.
Bière classique présentant quasi un caractère de dark mild tout en ayant un niveau alcool plus haut. Grillé plaisant, caramel, voire carafa, houblons nobles en retrait apportant des notes fines herbacées/terreuses, finement fruitées.

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

Bottle 750ml. @ [ Chriso’s pre- Xmas Tasting 2015 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Anspach & Hobday The Brother Sean ].Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, sweet malt, wood notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151206] 7-3-7-3-15

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Oddbins Beer Shop, Blackheath. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Raisin and chocolate aroma. Flavours of cola, chocolate and raisin. Quite nice.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

6th December 2015
ChrisO Tasting. Clear deep brown beer, small pale tan head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has good fine carbonation. Slightly spicy dark malts. Little licorice. Tangy dark fruits. Some wood. Spicy dry finish. All right.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at ChrisO’s Pre-Christmas Tasting. It pours near black with a medium tan head. The nose is toasty, cooking chocolate, earthy roast, coffee grounds, dark fruits, fruit cake and a touch of spice. The taste is bitter - sweet, chocolate roast, earthy roast, candied peel, mild acidity, alcohol heat, spice and chewy malt. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Pretty hot and touch rough around the edges but overall not bad

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

Bottle shared at the chriso and Ruth pre-Christmas / post-Pigs Ear holiday tasting of 2015 - London. Cheers! Pours deep black-brown with a creamy, beige head. The nose has moderate dark fruits, chocolate and licorice. Medium sweet flavor with sugary chocolate, light vanilla, baking cocoa, some earthy bitterness. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish with lots of dark sugars, raisins, cocoa. Good stuff overall.