Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

28.07.2024, 0,65l bottle (2015 vintage) @ home:
Big light brown bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, deep dark pour. Aroma is sweet sour-ish boozy, dark sugar, salty licorice, alcohol, oak, tar, spices, tobacco, bark, dark malts. Taste is sweet sour-ish boozy, dark sugar, tobacco, salty licorice, alcohol, minerals, tar, spices, honey, cough syrup. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and harsh boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough.

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

Bottle @ home. Well stored 2016 10th Release Edition edition bottle. Burnt orange vax (Cognac barrel). Dark brown body under a thin beige head that disappears almost at once. Strong aroma of smooth roasted dark malt, coffee, dark chocolate, honey and alcohol where the cognac reference is weak. I guess I wouldn’t recognize it as Cognac if I didn’t know. Taste is strong and sweet, still kinda smooth with plenty of dark malt, chocolate, coffee and balanced honey flavor. Alcohol is distinct but warming and not really boozy. Solid stuff.

Dang lots of cognac still, I'm not the biggest cognac fan but I do appreciate the booziness, and it's delicious overall. Sweet molasses and cognac. Thanks Irish M. !

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

2015 version. Black with thin head. Aroma and flavour have depths of sweetness with the honey and cognac. The gentle roasted coffee and dark malts provide a good balancing act.

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

Bottle from Beergium. Black pour with a tan head. Cappuccino, dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel aromas. Taste is chocolate mousse, more cappuccino, definite cognac notes, whisper of toffee apple. Buckettloads of warming alcohol. Tasty complex brew.

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

From bottle to tulip. Cellared since its release. Pours black with brown highlights and large brown head. Loads of cocoa and subtle sweetness.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Slowly foaming out of bottle - Black with a brown head - Dark malt and dark fruity wood aroma - Dark malt body with a dark fruity woody flavour - The dark malt flavours goes into the finish - This was real good

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

Bomber. Chocolate, grape and cognac. Black with a pretty tall head. Sweet grape and chocolate flavor, finishes rather dry. Very smooth and silky. Somewhat one-dimensional but luscious.

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

Bottle at Haket 2019-02-02 Göteborg as part of Welcome to the dark side AR: brandy, AP: dark brown, sand brown lid F: brandy, roasted malt