8.1

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

Creamy tan head on a still black body. Liquorice, malt, demerara & herbal tastes with a tangy

hopped finish

7

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

Bottle picked up in Dranken Vandewoude, Veurne and consumed at home Thursday 8th May 2025 after another day of driving to/from the builders merchants, this time in Regen. We had homemade Pastitsio tonight for tea and now listening to Riley & Coe on 6Music. Pours almost black with a light beige head. Barrel ageing very noticeable, it's all over it. Nice mouthfeel, soft but also a bit zippy. A little bit of liquorice, tangy and fruity. It's really developed a wine like quality to it. Loz thinks very balsamic, I don't think that she's a big fan. I'm not entirely sure about this, interesting yes, there's clearly a pannepot there somewhere but perhaps I've moved on from this beer, years ago I was a big fan of pannepot but now perhaps I long for something simpler.

7.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Punchy, some good roasty character, sweet dark malts, bitter of earth.

7.1

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

7th May 2025
Bottle at CBJ tasting, thanks to Cloin. Opaque dark brown black beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Good earthy dark chocolate malts. Decent fruity whiskey, peaty but not annoyingly so. Airy finish. Not bad.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

7

Cloudy, mahogany color and a creamy Tan head. Sour and herbal nose, acidic and loveage. Sour, acidic balsamico, Lots of Wood, dryish-BA Finish with a hoppy Twist.

8.3

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

Bottle at home. Pours clear deep ruby, nose is caramel, berries, honey, fruity, taste is fruity, berries, honey, toffee, fairly boozy, but nice.8/9/8/8/8

8.1

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

31 December 2024. 33cl bottle from Stacks. Vintage 2020. Bottled: 4/11/2022. Cheers to New Year's Eve with Anke, Silke & Elke!

Hazy black, stable, frothy, beige head. Aroma of old fondant, ink, soy sauce, teriyaki, raisin, leather, dried fig, blackberry, dried apple peel, charred wood, tobacco, brown rum. Taste has sweetish fig, raisin & ripe green apple with a hint of sourish blackberry in a thick malt body of fondant, toasted nuts and brown bread; surrounded by umami notes of soy sauce, mushroom even. Whiff of herbal tobacco in the middle before the (black-) peppery hoppy finish; dried fruits, coffee roast and wood (vanilla) all come together, topped off with a dash of brown rum alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, average carbonation. Complex, bitter and elegant as a 'low-intensity' BA: the alcohol is certainly there, but the rum sits firmly within the big malt body. Lovely!

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Jet black colour with minimally late awakening, small, creamy, diminishing, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty and slightly sweet-ish, caramel malty aroma, yeasty fruity overtones, notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, some caramel, a touch of blueberry, plum butter, weak BA overtones with a touch of molasses. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty and mildly roasty, chocolately, dark malty, slightly yeasty fruity, minimally woody and alcoholic, hints of dark caramel, a touch of molasses, rum; minimally warming, alcoholic finish, well hidden alcohol overall.
Initially well adjusted BA support becomes a tad pert after a while, not overly complex overall - minimally underwhelming.

7.1

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

Old rating from 29-01-16 - A 750 ml bottle picked up from the brewery in August 2015. Pours a hazy amber colour with a big cloudy white head. Aromas are yeasty with earth, caramel & bread. Taste of bread & caramel with light bitter sweet & light fruit hopped. Finish is dry and moderate with a bitter finish. Overall I really enjoyed this, and could have had a second easy.