28/12/2019. Bottle shared at the Suffolk RateBeer gathering. Courtesy of SHIG. Pours almost black with a bubbly beige head. Aroma of chocolate, malt, light coffee, touch of liquorice and dark fruit. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average carbonation. Slight ashy finish.

Bottle shared at Borefts. A clear pale golden coloured pour with no head. Aroma is clean cereal grains, leafy, ok. Flavor is composed of a semi sweet. Simple cereal grains, light grains, leafy. Palate is semi sweet crisp, moderate carbonation. Ok.

Bottle at borefts. Pours deep ruby, nose is meaty, roasted, liquorice, taste is sweet toffee, roasted, light fruit. 7/4/6/3/13

Bottle at borefts. Pours clear golden, nose is hay, floral grass, taste is similar, some lemon, metallic 6/3/5/3/11

Bottle 220ml. shared @ queue for 11th. BBF 2019 [ 11th Borefts Beer Festival 2019 ] @ Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Balashi HopiStout ]. ABV: 7.4%. Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, roasted, dark malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, bread, roasted, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190928] 6-3-6-3-12

Bottle. Clear brown color with beige head. Aroma is chocolate, brown sugar. Taste is chocolate, brown sugar, earthy, quite grainy. Silky mouthfeel with medium carbobation. Not too bad.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Balashi HopiStout (by Balashi Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5

28/IX/19 - 20cl (?) bottle from a trade, shared @ pre-Borefts Day 2 Queue Tasting, BB: 10/II/19 - (2019-1625) Thanks to Tom for the trade!
Clear red brown beer, big creamy beige head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: malty, caramel, nice roast, bit sweet, vanilla, almost surprisingly good! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice roast, little malty, bit sourish, lots of coffee, chocolate, very decent. Aftertaste: bitter, good roast, some caramel, sweet touch, nice acidity in there as well, surprisingly good beer. Probably the best Caribbean stout around. ;-)

Imported from my RateBeer account as Balashi HopiBon (by Balashi Brewery):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5

28/IX/19 - 20cl (?) bottle from a trade, shared @ pre-Borefts Day 2 Queue Tasting, BB: 1/IV/19 - (2019-1624) Thanks to Tom for the trade!
Clear blond beer, small creamy white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty, soft bitterness, herbal, grassy touch. Aftertaste: dry, malty, grains, not bad for a Caribbean lager!

@Bbf’19, Line up beer, mouthe, caramel, gebrand en geroosterd, chocolade en cacao, maar voor zo’n obscuur landjetick prima