8

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

Tap at the Dutch bar bermondsey. An opaque black brown coloured pour with fine light tan head. Aroma is semi sweet big tonka, caramel, bark, brandy snap sugars. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, sticky cinnamon, caramel, tonka bean, cinnamon bun. Palate is semi sweet Stixky, mellow carbonation. Nice.

7.9

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

Keg at 'If It Ain't Dutch', Enid Street, 31/07/24. Black with a khaki head that clears to the edge. Nose is big tonka bean, toffee, chocolate, roast, spice. Taste continues with a big old tonka blast, chocolate cake, roasted bite, hint of coffee, toffee, molasses, brown sugar dusting. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a good boosty guzzle at the back end. Solid.

6.8

Feels a little artifical. Base beer is good, but thin for the abv, maybe some hot fusels in there. Okay, but not again. Mr hop adventkal