330 ml. bottle. Purchased @ De Bierkoning. No clear date. Pour hazy deep brown amber, light copper hue, off-white head & some audible soda-like carbonation. Nose is light iron with beef jerky, smoke, some sweetish malts, leaves, some forest sweetness, tad ripe dark fruit, a bit soda-like but pleasant still for sure. Body is a bit thin & somewhat soda-like. Taste is herbal notes mixed with smoked malts, sweet beef jerky, brown sugar, leaves, light root beer, some light coca-cola, red berries, some chicory & leaves, light plastic in the finish. Top fermenting (according to the label) smoked beer. A touch too herbal forward, bit thin & soda-like with lower carb. but a nice beer still. Pleasant to drink for sure esp. if you like smoke beers. It had some agreeable sweetness for sure to balance the smoke. I like it.

Bottle @ benzai. Dark brown to black with a small off-white head. Smells laurel, liquorice, sweet. Tastes laurel, roasty, wiebertjes, sweet. Medium body, lasting liquorice taste, soft carbo. I think the brewers should ’drop’ this one.

Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus. Opaque very dark brown to black color with a slight dark red glare coming through when held into the light, small light brown head. Aroma and taste are both the same and very easy to describe: liquid laurel liquorice. So it is well brewed since I expect this is intentional, but do I like it? Hmm not so much.

Bottle from Biernavigatie, BB Febr March 2016, large sample. Dark color, medium frothy brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, laurel, licorice, slight rosemary and honey. Laurel licorice candy comes out quite nicely. Also in taste, bit spicy from licorice, slight bitter. Like liquid laurel licorice candy. Quite interesting. Quite smooth in taste as well, well balanced. Very decent stuff.

Bottle shared thanks to Deanso. Pours murky brown with a small tan head. Aroma of smoke, burnt malt, caramel, toffee, light chocolate and a touch of dark fruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

33cl bottle from ABCBeers, shared with Kermis. Smokey aroma. Thin creamy tan head. Hazy dark amber pour. Easy drinking.

33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ W. van Schaik, Vianen. Dark brown with a beige head. Licorice aroma with bay leaves and roasted malts. Taste is medium bitter. A bit too much licorice and bay leaf in my opinion but overall a good porter.

Bottle. Very dark brown with beige head. Mint, licorice, drop, bay leaves, seaweed, tar, red berries, strawberrry jelly, some roasted grains somewhere in the background. Taste is medium sweet with a light fresh tartness and spicy bitter finish. Medium bodied and slightly slick feel. Not bad, the bay leaves is quite strong and overpowers the base beer, but it works OK.

33cl bottle shared with a friend. Thin tan head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Licorice aroma and aftertaste. Nicely done.