5th August 2009
Cask at GBBF. Clear brown beer. Softish palate, a little dry. Sweetish malt. Peachy fruit and a little orange. Low carbonation and finishes dry but a tasty little beer.

4th August 2009
Cask at GBBF. Very slightly hazy gold beer. Light and semi dry palate. Juicy but mild hops. Pleasant enough.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and almost liqourice. Thick dark malty and liqourice. Dark malty and liqourice into the finish.

clear amber, small light brown head. coffee, coffee powder, roasted malts, coffee-centered. flavor is roasted malty, toffee, chocolate, palate is thin, bitter toffe, i don’t like it.

Bottled. A dark red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and metal. The flavor is sweet iwth notes of milkchocolate, roasted malt, and nuts, leading to a bitter finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Clear nutty, orangey brown with a small off-white head. Sweet roasty aroma. Medium body, subtle roast, dark dried fruit and a whiff of vanilla. Dryish licorice finish. 120412

Bottle 22fl.oz. @ chriso [ chrisos festive get-together tasting ].Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, bourbon, coconut, chocolate - vanilla. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20111230]

Crisp, slightly hazy amber coloured body with a copper glow and a thinnish, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of pale malt, toffee, raisins and a bit of light hops. Medium-bodied; Assertive malty flavour with a little sweetness of raisins, some nuts and a bit of an earthy bite at the end. Aftertaste shows a good deal of malt with only a touch of alcohol and earth and not much else at all. Overall, an okay beer, not great, but decent for the style. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 11-March-2012 for US$8.25/6pack, sampled at home in Washington on 27-March-2012.

Bottle thanks to Dallas. Had right after number 16. Pours a pure black color with a small white head. A sweet nose of cocoa and roast, sweet coffee. The flavor is a mix of sweet cocoa and coffee with big bourbon notes, woody, a bit of chocolate. Very good and quite drinkable.

Bottle thanks to Dallas. Pours a black color with a medium brown head. A sweet nose of cocoa and dry chocolates. The flavor is mellow easygoing light roast, big milky chocolate, light fruit, dry. Light caramel. Enjoyable.