Bottle at Kantien, another of Andy Dewilde's many 'boutique beers', produced in limited quantities and bottled with black and white label. Thick and dense, creamy, pale yellowish beige head, hazy mahogany brown beer with ruddy hue, dark but translucent. Aroma of milk chocolate, candied dates, brown rum, lots of caramel sauce and fudge, brown sugar melting on a hot pancake, Belgian chocolates, wodka, gingerbread, ripe blue plum. Sweet onset, candied dates, medlar and raisins, some baked banana and ripe blue grape, sourish edge, prickly carbonation but still smooth, full and rounded, bit creamy mouthfeel. Thick caramelly and eventually chocolatey malt sweet body with a very mildly bittering toasty edge as can be expected from the style, light herbal hop bitterishness in the finish mixed with a strong dosis of heating, in the end a bit overly wry, rum-like alcohol; chocolatey malt sweetness lingers. Just a tad too boozy in the finish for me, but other than that, this is a very tasty and well-executed interpretation of what is essentially a classic 20th-century Belgian style with Scottish roots. Very pleasant, sweet and rich sipper, enjoyed it a lot.

I was expecting much more from this one. Very subtle on the aroma,quite balanced. Backed bread,bread crust,raw dough,backers yeast,dry fruit

Bottle at the 11th Brugge beer Festival, Brugge, Belgium. A murky dark brown coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Sweet, orange, caramel, dark fruit on the nose. Tastes similar, sweet, orange, caramel, dark fruit, warming and boozy. Very nice on a freezing cold day in Brugge.

Bottle at the 11th Brugge beer Festival, Brugge, Belgium. A hazy golden/yellow coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Fruity, malty, yeasty aroma. Tastes fruity, lemon, malty, yeasty and quite rich. Decent.

Bottle at the 11th Brugge beer Festival, Brugge, Belgium. A very hazy dark brown coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Aroma of cognac, caramel, dark fruit. Tastes boozy, rich, caramel, dark fruit, cognac, hint of vanilla. Nice Belgian heavyweight.

Bottle at the 11th Brugge beer Festival, Brugge, Belgium. A very dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, caramel, slightly sweet. Pleasant Imperial Stout.

Bottle at the 11th Brugge beer Festival, Brugge, Belgium. A very dark brown coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, caramel. Pleasant porter.

Bottle: Poured black with a tan. Aroma coffee, dark fruit, caramel. Tasted coffee lots of fruit and yeast

F: huge, creamy, off-white, long lasting, irregular. C: deep gold with orange hue, almost clear. A: smoke, smoked wood, bit smoked meat. T: smoked black tea for sure, bit fruity in the background, smoked tones with yeasty twist, bready, medium to full body, medium carbonation, very nice, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Prik & Tik ABC Drinks Leuven.