Bottled, from Beerdome. Black, small dark brown head. Rich aroma of espresso. Sweet with full body and dense, rounded mouthfeel. Espresso and dark chocolate, burnt bread. Warming finish. Solid stuff.

4/4/2021. Bottle shared at the first post-lockdown Ipswich beer share. From Hoptimaal online store. Poured cloudy pale yellow gold with a frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, mango, grass, herbs and vanilla. Medium sweetness, light bitterness and medium tartness. Medium body. Fizzy carbonation. Sweet of the aroma contrasts quite nicely with the tart taste but was just a bit underwhelmed by this one.

0,31l bottle from Hoptimaal online store. Bottle says F.09/19, L 13. Black beer with very small brown head that disappears quickly. Aroma has roasted malts, burnt coffee and caramel with some chocolate and small licorice notes. Flavor has quite much burnt coffee, ashes, roasted malts, caramel, licorice and somehow drier bitter and hoppy, coffeeish end. Decent, but nothing remarkable. Normal version was better.

23rd January 2021
Light haze on this amber brown beer, a weak bubbly pale tan head fails to provide convincing coverage. The nose however is clearly maple. Smooth malts, decent if unsweet caramel-toffee. Some smooth earthy coffee underneath. Smooth finish. Tidy but slightly frustrating barleywine. Some nice maple and coffee aspects here, but there is no backbone of a mature barleywine to hang its hat on. Flavoursome and drinkable strong beer. Naive barleywine but quite drinkable.

310ml bottle. Jet black colour with average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, brown head. Relatively weak, roasty and chocolately, dark malty aroma, initially hints of coffee and dark chocolate; later ever more predominated by coffee flavours. Taste is bitter, resinous hoppy and bitter, roasty dark malty, notes of coffee, roasted coffee beans, some dark chocolate, a dry, roasty, almost ashy touch of burnt coffee; lingering, dry, roasty finish with coffee and mocha notes, some warming alcohol. Viscous texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying, simultaneously slightly dry, minimally metallic-repellent palate, medium, soft carbonation. Not really a late bloomer, but the coffee flavours need some time (and temperature) to develop to full grandeur. Way better than the Coconut Edition.

0,31l bottle from Hoptimaal online store. Bottle says V. 09/21, L 25. Black beer with very small, almost none brown head that disappears quickly. Aroma has roasted malts and caramel with some chocolate and small licorice notes. Flavor has roasted malts, caramel, licorice and somehow drier bitter and hoppy, coffeeish end. Decent, but nothing remarkable.

50cl bottle. A very dark brown beer with a tan head. Aroma of strong dark malt, chocolate, caramel. Taste of sweet strong dark malt, chocolate, caramel, some wood.

0,5l bottle from Hoptimaal web store. BBE MAI/2022. Almost black beer with medium brown head. Aroma has coffee, roasted malts, vanilla, chocolate. Delicious and natural. Flavor has roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, some vanilla. Slight drier bitterness with coffee lurks from behind. Alcohol is hiding very well. Nice, huge and wonderful.