7.4

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

20 June 2025. “Iets voor den Erwin” @ Dracuna. Cheers to the whole GBV crew!

White chocolate, meringue, chocolate sauce, dark fudge, cappuccino, mocha biscuit. Sweetish chocolate, mocha & biscuit, bit toasty, vanilla. Very malty finish with vague earthy hops, coffee and warming coffee liqueur-like alcohol. Medium body, thin oily texture, soft carbonation. Expected a bit more punch here, but Pühaste proving their skill at the style once again.

7.8

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

330 ml can. Pours a very dark brown with moderate tan head. Aromas of sweet oats, vanilla, a bit of dark chocolate and roasted malts. Flavors of honey, chocolate, sweet coffee, vanilla and oily roasted malts. Very tasty, and good for the ABV.

7.6

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

A dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of sweet dark chocolate malt, caramel, vanilla, wheat. Taste of sweet chocolate, toffee, brownies, sugar, mild roasted malt. Creamy mouthfeel.

8

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

Can at home, black beer, small head. Aroma is vanilla, roast, chocolate, malt. Taste is the same, sweet, bitter, roast, coffee, chocolate, vanilla. very nice.

7.4

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

Can from Beerdome. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and vanilla. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 010325

7.6

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

Strong flavoured stout from one of Estonia's postmodern craft beer pioneers, shared by Craftmember on New Year's Eve. Mocha-beige, moussey, medium sized, opening head on a black(ish) robe with thin burgundy edges. Aroma of toffee, caramel sauce, dark chocolate, vanilla indeed (added), pecan bread, granola, mocha ice cream, dried coconut flakes, brandy and indeed a whiff of fenugreek passing by - recognisably if you are familiar with this aroma, but nowhere near dominant, not even too obvious. Densely 'candied' onset, candied fig and golden raisin, not too sticky though, with a fried apple-ish accent; softish carb, very full and oily mouthfeel. Thick toffeeish and dark-chocolatey malts, bittersweet but more sweet than bitter, with pronounced retronasal vanilla which actually fits in well - of course this ingredient has become all too familiar in strong stouts nowadays, but then there is the fenugreek (seed, I guess) piercing through subtly as well, with its typical herbal character that does not clash too much with the whole (oddly - I was expecting the opposite). Cappuccino-ish bitter elements and warming brandy-like alcohol further dominate the finish, when this fenugreek effect is already long gone. I highly doubt if I ever came across fenugreek as an added flavouring in beer so far - I do not remember one by heart anyway - and was not expecting it to work well in this type of beer, but I must admit that Pühaste did a fine job here, probably partially by keeping its effect at bay and restricting it to the background...

6

Hazelnut, roast, chocolate, alcohol, booze

7

Magus, mõru, röst, tugev šokolaad, linnaseline, karbunn on kõrge, alks, suhkur, kerge nisu äkki. Ok, veits liiga lääge minu jaoks.