Pours a dark brown colour with a big frothy mocha-coloured head, good retention and some thick foamy lace. Big aromas of soft vanilla over chocolate that comes out eventually and hints of roasted malts in the background. The coffee comes out a little more in the taste, but mostly blended with the roasted malts in the finish. The vanilla is quite light here as well. Hints of dark fruits. Wet mouthfeel with a slight tart from the coffee particles. Goes down very well, with a sweet vanilla nose, but a more coffee-bitter flavour. A flavoured stout you can have many.

It’s not too often that I see my regulars giving a higher rating for a beer than the crowd, but in this case a 3.3 from Freaky_tiki makes it interesting. This beer was chosen for my by my daughters as a birthday present, so take note cartoons on a can are a real draw fro 3 and 5 year old girls. Pours a rich, clear golden with a reliable finger of head. Nose is very malty with sunny hay with syrup in the nose that overlays any hops. Taste is equally heavy on the malts, with mild sweetness and heavier on the bittering hops which linger. Not much of an IPA, especially by today’s hop-bomb standards, but drinkable. I suppose it’s training wheels approach to hops is the sessionable part of this beer, rather than the booze level. Personally I don’t care about the IBU if they are well balance, as I’ve given hop-adverse folks hop-bombs that they love, so maybe training wheels shouldn’t be necessary.

(can) bright,, clear deep amber colour with a small beige head; aroma of ginger, cake, hint of soy sauce; balanced, gingery flavour with a long, light bitter finish

(can) clear, amber colour with a small beige head; aroma of fruit compote; simple, balanced flavour (that is if you can find any flavour), I have had brown ales with more hops than this...

Draft - Nice dark roast and coffee notes. Jet black with almost no head. Dark toasty notes, touch of coffee and dark chocolate. Solid.

Can: Poured a clear ember color ale with a medium size foamy head with OK retention. Aroma of caramel malt with light citrusy hops notes is OK. Taste is a mix of caramel malt with some hoppy citrusy notes and light ginger notes. Body is full enough for style with good carbonation. Not fond of the caramel malt backbone and I though ginger didn’t come out as much as I was expecting.

473 ml can thanks to Reza! Sampled on August 29. 2015.Clear deep golden to copper oxide color, small white head, some lacing. Hoppy, herbal, soap, a bit malty scent. Soap, malty, sweet, bitter taste. Dry, bitter aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

(can) clear, bright amber colour with a small white head; aroma of stewed fruit; creamy palate; mild flavour with a long light bitter finish; not much of a pilzner, but a decent if forgettable beer

This IPA poured a nice red colour with a smooth,creamy, off white head. Scents include ginger, grassy hops and a little citrus. First swig was surprisingly in-ginger like. Faint ginger flavour with a little smoke and grass hop flavour. Finish was medium bitter with more grass than ginger lingering.