Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, red berries, wood and some sourness. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a sour, dry and roasted finish. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle at America Strikes Back, Ulfborg. Pours cloudy very dark brown, with airy light tan head. Clear aroma of malt, roast and coffee beans. Sourish flavour of stale coffee beans, with notes of malt and subtle hints of old liquorice. Lingering, sour aftertaste. Off? Well...

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, little sour and a little dark fruit. Flavour is roasted malts, acid, dark fruit, chocolate, sour, little sweet and a little bitter.

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

12oz bottle from Wegman’s, Buffalo, NY. Chestnut brown with a thin beige head; spicy malt aroma; some purple fruit from the roasted malts, and some powdered chocolate as well; and then a dry, nutty, finish. Not really a recognisable English style, but rather pleasant.

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

Big thanks to nike for this special brew. Big black and dark, I want to give this a 5 for looks out of the bottle but its not perfect; maybe 4.5 ! First taste is very behaved. Dark and roasty without strong beer alky getting in yer face. Yes, does not seem to approach 5%. Some ever so slight tart licorice or well done coffee in thar. Decent round the campfire aroma. Quite good overall cheeeodo beer drinking experience!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours black into a shaker. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving spider lacing to coat surface. Sour soy aromas. Medium bodied and dry with sweet chocolate milk and soy.

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

Pours black into a shaker with a creamy mocha head. Dark chocolate aromas. Earthy with dark resin and chocolate upfront turning back to earthy lasting resin in the lasting finish.

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

Rich, very dark brown coloured body, around 90% opaque with a thick three centimetre tall brown head. Aroma of rich roasted malt, oatmeal, vanilla, oak and some light sugars - strong and a nice relatively light nose. Medium-bodied; Assertive roasted malt, milk, nuts, earth, caramel and a hint of licorice bitterness. Aftertaste shows a nice flavour of milk, vanilla, oak, brown sugar and some minor alcohol flavours. Overall, a good beer for the season - deep malt and richness, but a relatively mild finish and a good milky, sweet taste. Definitely worth trying if you can find this or if you like stouts - this is a good example of a sweet beer. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 02-November-2013 for US$1.99 sampled at home in Washington on 23-January-2014.

Brutal.

Meh. Very unimpressive.