Backlog

Bottle. Poues a dark brown with medium frothy beige head that lasts. Aroma is floral hop and earth. Medium mouth with bitter roast, spice, and herbal.

Bottle, from the Bottle Shop - Bermondsey, split with Chris and Ruth 07/09/14. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a big khaki covering. Nose is floral hop, bitter citric, touch of pine, toffee, light roast, spice, grapefruit. Taste comprises earthy cocoa, toffee fudge, earthy bitter hop load, pine, spice, dark chocolate. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation - over cooked, semi drying close with a bitter rinse. Decent CDA but loses a couple of marks for the carbonation level.

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein schwarzes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch starkt röstmalzig, Schokolade, Kaffee, hopfig fruchtig. Geschmack sehr röstmalzig, schokoladig, Kaffee, hopfig bitter, fruchtig.

scura schiuma vulcanica piuttosto persistente naso tostato leggermente lupolato piuttosto secca buon amro leggero caffe piuttosto gassata

Bomber bought @ Bierkompass.de. Pours dark wooden brown with a huge frothy brownish white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is very tiny sweet, earth and herbal with roasted malts, rosemary, moist soil, menthol, funnel chanterelle, spicy wood, grapefruit peal, dark roast coffee, black pepper, dark bread, crackers and hints of plums and dark grapes. Taste is very tiny sweet, bitter and herbal with crackers, pumpernickel, ammonium chloride, dry peppery wood, dark roast coffee, grapefruit rinds, car tire rubber, pine, moist soil, green grapes, asphalt, black pepper, soy sauce, lemon balm, pine and resin. Mouthfeel is slightly dry, tiny oily bitter, tiny astringent and light to medium bodied. Finish is bitter, herbal and spicy with roasted malts, grapefruit peal, pine, black pepper, salty liquorice, soy sauce, dry soil, peppery wood, lemon balm and hints of asphalt. Very pleasant!

Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering Ulfborg, 2012. Pours brown with a fluffy head. Yeast, caramel, roast, coffee, dust and hops. Hoppy and herbal. Medium bodied.

Draught @ [ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012 ] @ Spartas Lokaler, Faelledparken in Osterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark.Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, strong coffee, dusty, light to moderate hoppy, dusty grass. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120512]