Bottle from auchan. Piana srednia nie trwala, czerwonawo brazowawa barwa, w piwie sporo tradycyjnej i starej szkoly chmielenia, nisko slodowe, bardziej wytrawne, niskie nagazowanie.

Heinane, tsitrus, linnaseline, puuviljane, võine. Joodav.

Optisch sattes Gold im Glas, schöne Perlung. In der Nase dezent fruchtig, hefig, leicht tartig, Saison halt. Im Trunk stilrypisch würzig, leicht bitter, Aprikose, hinten trocken, passt.

Bottle from random wine store, Hertogenbosch. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 220425

Bottle from random wine store, Hertogenbosch. Clear red brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - pine and dusty. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 210425

Bottle shared at tasting. Opaque dark brown to black color, full sized a bit bubbly beige to tan colored head. Aroma and flavor are malts, brown malts, moderately bitter up front, firm bitter in the finish. Not a lot of flavor tbh. Don't get bourbon at all tbh. Meh.

Export stout - a 'category' somewhere in between dry stout and imperial stout, (overly) simply put - aged in bourbon barrels, by an Irish brewery I had not heard of yet; bomber shared by Meeki, cheers mate! Thick and foamy, yellowish beige, membrane-lacing, stable head, very dark chocolate brown robe - blackish, but with burgundy highlights. Aroma of coffee grounds, dark bitter chocolate, dry caramel, beef stock cubes, bourbon but subtle and background, hints of (cold) espresso, cinnamon, bayleaf and wet leather. Cleanish, sweetish onset, rounded with some dried prune and old raisin next to a slight umami edge (beef stock but only vaguely so), softishly carbonated with oily, slick mouthfeel; dry-caramelly, bitter black-chocolatey, toasted brown-bready middle, dryish and bitterish but still with some sweetness for balance, becoming more toasty bitter and eventually coffeeish-roasty in the finish while the caramelly effect lingers. The bourbon barrel remains a subtle layer of flavour, with bittersweet, lightly tannic effects but nothing overpowering; instead, a leafy hop bitterness jumps in (smoothly so) and complements the array of dark malt flavours more convincingly than the BBA treatment does. Quite subtle in that sense - and very old school, which is something I can certainly appreciate in any stout. Very solid and very Irish.

1/II/25 - 75cl bottle @ Nieuwjaarsreceptie Gentse Biervereniging (Ledeberg), BB: X/2028 (2025-58) Thanks to Meeki for sharing the bottle!

Clear dark brown beer, small creamy irregular beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: good roast, some caramel, hint of vanilla, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice roast, malty, grains, bitter touch, vanilla, some caramel. Aftertaste: more roast, bitter, coffee, funky, malty, caramel, a little bitter.