Bottle at home. Aroma is malt, caramel, bittering hops, toffee. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium, carbonation is a bit too high for my taste. Black IPA? There’s no roast, coffee or chocolate here. Fails at being a good IPA in my book anyway, but what do you expect when you use four kinds of malt. That being said, it’s certainly a drinkable malty bitter ale.

Bottle at home. Aroma is sweetish malt, caramel, bit peachy, notes of apricot, mild toffee, hint of boiled vegetables. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Okay-ish beer, bit strange.

From tap at De Drie Dorstige Herten, Utrecht. Plenty of coffee and nuts in the aroma, with dark malt and some roast. Flavour is mildly sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied. A lovely little nutty Coffee Porter, a fuller body would have pushed this over the edge. Well brewed!

Bottle from Beerwulf. Modestly yeasty aroma with bready pale malt and soft ripe-ish fruits. Flavour is a bit sweetish with a light bitterness. About medium body. Overall very mild, easy, forgettable but drinkable, I'm in a generous mood.

Bottle from Beerwulf. Aroma is brown malt with caramel, toffee, touch of dried fruits, not very yeasty. Flavour is sweetish with a light bitterness. Body is medium. Hmmm, interesting. Not really succesful at brewing a bottom-fermented Dubbel, the result is more like a very dark Vienna Lager. I'm not really complaining about it.

Bottle from Beerwulf. Aroma is fairly fruity with soft oats, mango, orange, tropical fruits, light oniony dankness. Flavour is a bit sweetish and light bitter. Body is weak and watery. I'm usually a 'glass half full' kinda guy when it comes to session IPA, but the weakness of body annoys me here.

Bottle from Beerwulf. Aroma is brown & dark malt with caramel, dried fruits, touch of chocolate, nuts, plums, berries, hint of coffee, leather and tobacco. Flavour is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Body is medium. Surprisingly good, a lot going on here. This is how you make a Dark Lager.

Can from a local bottle shop. Aroma is dark malt with caramel, a hint of chocolate, dried fruit and some nutty notes. Flavour is moderate sweet with a light bitterness. Medium body. Very agreeable and well-rounded Bock.

Can. Piney and malty aroma with ripe orange, some grapefruit, pine resin. Hint of caramel and stewed fruit. On the sweet side with a fairly bitter finish. Medium body. Classic pine hop with malt and grapefruit profile, bit sweet but likeable.

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is citrussy with wheat, citrus peel, soft spicy and tropical notes. Flavour is light bittersweet. Medium body. Refreshing, nicely fruity, good summer beer.