8

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coconut, fudge, vanilla, caramel, spice, taste is similar, sweet, chewy, maple. 8/9/9/9/8

7.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

0,33l bottle from Hoptimaal webstore. Very dark brown, almost black beer with no head. Aroma is ashes, coffee, roasted malts, chocolate and vanilla. Flavor is dried dark fruits, woody barrel, roasted malts, ashes, coffee and booze. Very very sweet overall.

8

Soft, sweet, intense with vanilla notes, some sweet maple syrup, hints of chocolate sauce barrel notes, spicy rye, cinnamon, oak and toffee notes. Soft and smooth, quite thicc body. Pretty nice.

8

Fairly thick, sweet, boozy, syrupy. Maple syrup, bourbon, vanilla, cinnamon. Rich, smooth, very nice.

8.4

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

Pours a dark, oily, brown-black, with minimal head. Aroma is booze, dark fruit, some chocolate and coffee. Flavors follow, with chocolate and coffee more pronounced, some anise. This is very, very sweet (almost sickly sweet). Mouthfeel is smooth and soft. ABV is very noticeable in aroma and flavor. Part of a special four-pack of collab beers, highlighting 2 stouts and 2 barleywines.

7.5

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