Bottle @ FOneFan, 5%. Dark brown with big beige foamy beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, meat and chocolate. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, smoke, tea, little sweet, hop, little over carbonated and dark fruit.

Bottle @ fonefan berliner weisse, cream ale multistate tasting. Huge creamy head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, coffee, smoky notes, caramel notes and hops.

Bottle @ Berliner Weisse Takeover Ulfborg, 2013. Pours black with a small creamy head. Smoke, roast , oat and dark fruit. A bit ashy. Medium bodied. Decent.

Bottle at ChrisO tasting, thanks to Chris, 30/12/12. Very dark mahogony brown with a decent tan head that retains well. Nose carries malt, chocolate and a little background hops. Taste comprises dark malts, touch of chocolate, caramelised sugars, touch of yeast, light hoppage. Medium bodied with moderate soft carbonation, bitter and sweet in the finish.

Bottle at ChrisO tasting, thanks to Chris, 30/12/12. Very dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head. Nose is dark malts, toffee, light smoke. Taste comprises toffee, malts, a touch of coffee, a little smokiness. Medium bodied with soft carbonation with a little roastyness in the finish.

Stopped regular rating 22nd Oct 2012 but a very big thanks to Craig for sending me this beer to help celebrate his 10,000th, my first beer of 2013 had this 1st January 2013 Pours almost black in colour with a very busy tan head, really lively. Tangy and fruity with some watery coffee flavours and a light smokiness and a bit of wet baccy. In truth I am finding this a little thin and watery, just like a black tea I guess :-) which is also something I am not a great fan of. Fine, but not totally my thing, but I am very, very grateful for Craig for passing this beer on, cheers Craig and well done on the milestone. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.0

Bottle at home on Hogmany 2012 ... for my Ratebeer 10K ... deep black ... HUGE HUGE foam tan head ... dark chocolate roast ..lightest smoke nose... dark roast ... huge fizz ... roast chocolate malts ... sweet toffee roast ... mellow and smooth .. This would easyily have been 4.0 if not for being a little over fizzybottle at home July 2015 ... deep brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft sweet toffee chcolate nose ... very fizzy .. thin sweet mealts .. ligth rich tea biscuits .. long soft lapsang 3.3Bottle at cloisters.... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet chocolate.. Big berries roast.. Soft malts.. Herbal sweet toffee malts fruit.. Light woody.. Light oxidised fruit.. Light smoke... Tea is probably coming through more this time than any other 3.5

cask at cloister launch ... deep black ... thin tan head ... soft chocolate roast malt nose ... deep roast ... dark fruits ... orange peel .... and definite light irn bru tones bottle at home ... drunk June 2014 ... deep black ... massive foam head ... dark malts ... soft fruits ... little over fizzy .. quite vimto... soft funky fruits ... long sweet fruits .. 3.7