7.5

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

2023/2024 version on tap. Big full pour pint for 4 dollars. 12.4%. Big, heavy stuff. Rich chocolate, steady barrel, not super defined there...mild Rye notes for sure still, just clearly blended down. Good, better for the price.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12oz bottle pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice chocolate rich coffee roast malts and a bourbon barrel kick. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate roast malts rich bourbon barrel.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12oz bottle at share. Dark brown pour, small bubbly head. Aroma is roasty, coffee and sweet. Taste is roasty coffee, sweet, alcohol heat rising up at the back.

7.9

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

Draught @ George Keeley, Manhattan (Feb 2023). Listed as 13.1% ABV. Opaque dark brown with very small frothy beige head, mocha-rum aroma, low carbonation, bitter woodsy mocha taste with alcohol overtones, bourbon flavor, thin body, long bitter finish with alcohol aftertaste. Quite strong.

7.6

A really nice beer, just properly made. Nothing pokey or intense. Just everything well balanced in proper proportion. Beertemple ams

7.8

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

Tap at the BeerTemple, with Mattihijs, 4th October 23. Pours a black beer. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, taste is bitter chocolate and coffee, roasted malts, not too sweet.

8.2

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

Keg at beer temple. Pours black, nose is coconut, vanilla fudge, chocolate, taste is sweet, vanilla, coconut, chocolate covered fudge, chewy.

7.9

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

Poured from 12 fl oz bottle (2022 vintage). Black with small beige head. Lots of wood, rye, chocolate malt, slightly rough around the edges, but enjoyable.