0.33 l bottle from 'De Bierboutique', bottled in 2016, cellared for over a year. Pitch black, practically no head. Sweetish-malty, roasty, smoky-medicinal aroma of iodine, peat, dark chocolate and licorice. Quite sweet, malty, fairly roasty and rather smoky-medicinal taste of dark chocolate, licorice, tar, iodine, peat, some hard roasted coffee and traces of dark fruits, followed by a long, moderately roasty-bitter, earthy, very smoky-medicinal and slightly boozy finish. Medium to full body, slightly oily mouthfeel, completely flat. Rather intense, very heavy on the whisky, would have benefitted from some carbonation (the bottle cap was actually not that tight). Still quite nice if you are into these kind of flavours.

Bottle. Black pour. Nice aroma of roasted coffee, vanilla cream, chocolate, nuts and roasted malt. Taste of coffee,chocolate, cream, almond, caramel and roasted malt. Too much carbo, but a good beer.

Thuis uit een flesje. Een "double ipa", maar in dit bier mis ik de kenmerkende hoppige smaak. Wel mooi donker oranje en troebel, weinig schuim helaas. Smaak is verder wel goed, maar had er, ook gezien de abv van 8%, wel wat meer van verwacht.

Thuis uit een flesje. Troebel oranje van kleur, weinig schuim (maar ik schonk deze iets te koud). Lekkere IPA, maar wat volgens het etiket (leuk overigens) een lichte rooktoets zou zijn, is iets te heftig. Rook een klein beetje dempen. Verder prima.

No carbonation so a heavy pour is needed to create a smooth foamy head. Aroma and flavour have a lot of bittersweet roasted malt, chocolate and vanilla.

Bottle. Black pour. Aroma of red fruit, brett, chocolate, oak and tannine. Taste has dry brett, oak, chocolate, red fruit, tarr, booze, tannine and a little licorice. Clearly infected, but the flavor is actually quite nice.

Bottle (a little past the best before date) @ home. Black colour with a medium sized beige head. Smells After Eight chocolates, mint, chocolate, sweet, toothpaste. Tastes After Eight chocolates, minty, chocolate, cocoa. I actually like it. I'm pretty surprised by that. I didn't think I would like a liquid After Eight. That's why the bottle survived past the best before date. Medium body, nice carbo.

Special thanks to Mallorn for the EU Local Swap 1/2018
33cl bottle
Black color, tan head with medium retention, some lacing. Aroma has notes of roasted malts, black ripe fruit, mainly ripe plums, slightly caramel. Flavor is slightly sweet, perhaps some cloying, light coffee, light roasty and some wooden hints. Oily and creamy mouthfeel, light roasty with some sweet notes.

Bottle, 330 ml, courtesy of JFK10000. Shared with him and Max. Black with brown head. Coffee, sweet, light sourish, bitter finish. Lactic. Medium bodied.