On tap at 16 Tun. Pours black. Toast, dark chocolate, umami crustacean stuff, something a bit creamy. Good toasty bitterness with definite shellfish in the finish. Interesting.

Bottle. Very dark brown with a light tan head that’s soon a coat. Aroma of mild roast, caramel, bread, milk chocolate. Medium to full bodied, lowish carbonation. Rich but not terribly sweet with light roasted malt, firm bread and lightly spiced bitterness at the drying finish. Chocolate and caramel are accents. I suppose it’s slightly salty (and ashy) there, but there’s nothing weird about it. Which would be disappointing except that it’s pretty damned good.

Bottle from CHAI Beers and Wines, Hanoi, Vietnam. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is roasty malt, with some sweet caramel notes, dry ashtray. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a light, watery, smoky, liqourice, light spicy hop palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.