12/01/2018 - draught tasting glass @ l'Ermitage tastroom. Black colour with tanned rocky head, leaving a small lacing. Nose is coffee,cacao, low citrus, floral hops. Taste is coffee, some chocolate, bitterhops, black tea which gives a bit floral character, seems higher in ABV than it is.

05/12/2018 - 12,5 cl glass from tap @ L'ermitage tasting room. Hazy straw yellow with creamy white fading head leaving a thick lacing. Nose is fresh bitter fruits, bitter hops spicy yeast. Taste is bitterhops, bitter fruit, some yeast, bit creamy feel, heavy bitter ending.

Hoppy porter from this interesting new Brussels micro brewer, bottle at Kantien in Ghent. Moussy, medium sized, yellowish beige head, slowly dissipating in the middle; ink black colour, bronze edges. Aroma of freshly crushed black peppercorns, burnt toast, black chocolate, fried black olives, grapefruit peel, bladderwort, wormwood leaves, cigar ashes or burnt pipe tobacco, dry tree leaves, black coffee. Dry onset, dried fig and blackcurrant hints, light and thin dried mushroom-like umami accent, leathery, medium carbonated. Supple, bit oily mouthfeel, toasted malt bitter body, toasted nuts, with only a low amount of sweetness to it; black bitter chocolate touch, herbal and grapefruity hop bitter finish, very peppery, bit resiny and quite aromatic; bit powdery effect in the end, some warming gin-like alcohol. I love a good black bitter beer and in this one, the bitterness of the toasted malts and roasted barley is very strongly enhanced by a generous, firm, peppery hop bitter dosis, with a result not unlike a black IPA. Lovely.

29/12/2017 - on train, 33cl bottle from the brewery. Cloudy, small pearly head. Nose is bitter hops, bit spice, fruits. Taste is bitter, dry, fruit, long dry bitter ending. Nice