Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

A golden beer, a head is small and blond. Aroma has caramel, fruitness, hop aromas, alcohol. Taste has caramel maltyness, fruitness, orange, quite sweet, also bitterness, alcohol. Full bodied. A very big beer, somehow still drinkable.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

2/I/24 - 33cl can from the brewer, shared @ the Abeels’ place, BB: XII/2024 (2024-11) Thanks to Klaas for the can!

Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: maple syrup, good roast, coffee touch, a bit oxidized, caramel notes, earthy, chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: nice, maple syrup, good roast, pretty bitter, some alcohol, quite some caramel, coffee notes. Aftertaste: bitter, a bit nutty, very roasted, chocolate notes, maple syrup, caramel, bitter finish, very decent stout!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Beers@Moviefun. Clear golden, thinning, white head. Aroma of ripe pineapple, plum, 'Baba à l'orange', honey, mead, powdered sugar, sunflower oil, grapefruit juice, liqueur, diesel. Taste has very sweet canned pineapple, candied plum & ripe melon over a thick malty base of white sugar, honey and cake, somewhat spicy, phenolic. Floral hoppy finish offers a slightly harsh yet short grapefruity bitterness, lemony accent somewhere, overtaken again by lingering candied fruit, honey and boozy fruit liqueur-like alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Intense brew to say the least; let's call it an experiment?

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pours black, no real head. Scent is salted caramel to me, not very maple like. Taste is fairly full, sweeter side. Salty, but again more like salted caramel than maple to me. Sticky sweet, caramelly finish. Medium thick, medium to medium low carbo. Very decent, but had hoped for (far) more maple and less caramel.

Happeline ja veider, atsetoon ja asjad. Tundub, et siin on nii mõnigi pruulimisviga... samas on ka hullemat saadud.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

19 August 2023. At 13de Gents Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Tim & so many others!

A: cloudy black, no head.
A: chocolate sauce, dark fudge, date, bourbon.
T: sweet fondant, fudge, dried fig, bitter coffee.
F: earthy hops, bitter fondant, espresso, warming alcohol (Irish coffee, bourbon).
P: medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Well made in a typically clean Totem fashion. Also deserves a bottle, though I prefer the Ardmore version.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

19 August 2023. At 13de Gents Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Tim & so many others!

A: cloudy black, no head.
A: matches, tobacco, teriyaki, fried mushroom.
T: sweet date, fondant, umami teriyaki.
F: earthy hops, umami-meaty notes, tobacco, warming peated whisky alcohol.
P: medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Typical peated stuff; this style suits Totem well. I want a bottle of this!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

19 August 2023. At 13de Gents Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Tim & so many others!

A: hazy black, stable, foamy, beige head.
A: pure maple syrup, chocolate sauce, dark fudge, mocha.
T: sweet candied plum, fudge, maple syrup, chocolate powder, mocha.
F: herbal hops, woody maple, subtle salt, bit bitter.
P: medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Excellently balanced Pastry Stout.

Rerate from the can. More 'darker' elements here like fondant, toast, espresso, pecan, tobacco, black olive, but evidently maple syrup as well. Sweetish dark fruits, bitter toast & coffee, salty caramel. Earthy hops, quite bitter coffee, maple and even some grapefruit somewhere. Still so good. (Edited 10/03/2025.)

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

13/X/23 - 33cl can from the brewer, shared @ home, BB: IX/2025 (2023-832) Thanks to Klaas for the beer!

Clear red brown beer, big creamy irregular yellowish head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: strawberry jam, sweet caramel malts, fruity, some tropical fruits, juicy. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very malty start, lots of caramel malts, lots of strawberry jam too, a little bitter. Aftertaste: a bit malty, pretty bitter, slightly sourish, more strawberry jam.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

30/IX/23 - 33cl can from the brewer, shared @ home, BB: 8/II/24 (2023-794) Thanks to Klaas for the can!

Rather cloudy blond to almost orange beer, big creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity start, mandarins, canned mandarins, some vanillin, a bit oxidized, cardboard, marmalade, sweet impression. MF: very lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sourish start, mandarins, lots of vanillin, a bit lemony, acidic. Aftertaste: more mandarins, sour, a little bitter, vanillin, hint of blueberry, some lactose.