From a 440ml can on 11/7/2020 (shared by Butz with thanks). Pours near black with a medium light tan head. The smell is chocolatey, with a bit of caramel. The taste follows suit, with just a hint of oak. It's rich and smooth, with creamy texture and moderate carbonation. Really enjoyable.

From a 330ml(?) bottle on 5/7/2020. Pours a deep deep brown with a medium tan head which dissipates quickly. has a strong chocolate and coffee aroma with a good dash of whisky at the back. Tastes of chocolate (both milk and dark), coffee, vanilla and raisins, with a light boozy whisky finish. It's complex, yet almost subtle, and borders on dessertish in nature. Doesn't have either the body or mouthfeel of something that's 11.2%, but that makes it a bit easier to drink than you might expect. An excellent and rewarding impy, if not quite justifying its hefty price tag.

Pours crystal clear amber with a large fading head.Nose shows resinous hops, soft piny notes, grapefruit, clean malt, soft booze and a slight petrol-like classic new world hop character.Flavours include more of the new world hops, a fair whack of clean malt, a bit of booze, assertive bitterness and some resinous, spicy and herbal hops.

Pours amber with a large lasting head.Nose shows grapefruit, spicy hops, floral notes, light biscuity malt and some slight resinous hops. Restrained though.Flavours include pear, strong green apple, grainy malt, green woody notes, soft vegetal notes.

Can from Carwyn. Hazy amber. Subdued andarin nose. Not juicy at all in terms of mouthfeel. More of a soft, somewhat fruity West Coast vibe. All pretty restrained for its ABV. An odd watery aftertaste.

Can. Cloudy amber with a a cm of white head. Aroma of grapefruit, pine, light bread. Some light jube-like tropical notes which are more prominent upon a swig. Sweetish and not really juicy - albeit fruity - with some pine creeping in toward a fairly snappy, moderately bitter end. Feels like it's been made to be solid rather than a standout - certainly how it comes across. Solid with a bit of polish. Which is fine.

As Boatrocker Saison. Can says 6.4%. Boatrocker might have gone a bit Rogue with naming: if this isn't Saison du Bateau I'll eat my chapeau. Quickly disappearing white head. Perhaps slightly lower carbonation.

On tap at The Catfish. Almost black with a small tan head. Kind of mild with dark malt, chocolate, caramel and some hints of dark fruit. The body was medium.