Dutch coffee porter with Guatemala coffee. Moussy and fairly thick, lacing, yellow beige head, eventually dissipating completely, over a very dark mahogany coloured beer, hazy, blackish at first but still well transparent. Strong, aromatic, tangy bouquet of indeed coffee beans and espresso, beautifully mingled with dark baker’s chocolate, smoked meat, bayleaf, dried grapefruit peel, black tea, beef broth, candied figs, dried plums, baked banana, kahlua, black pepper, cumin seed, cocoa powder and a touch whisky. Smooth, creamy onset of candied fruits but only restrainedly sweet, dried stonefruit and raisins, deep basic sourishness with a certain dried lemon peel quality to it, soft carbo, oily and supple, ’fatty’ mouthfeel but not too viscous, nice toasted, caramelly, nutty and eventually more and more chocolatey maltiness, layered but not too demanding, accompanied by a gentle coffee flavour in the end, warm and roasted, juicy still with a subtle candied sweetness all along; finish also has peppery hop bitterness and nice smooth caramel plus a touch smokiness and ’meatiness’. Alcohol remains perfectly hidden. Lovely porter, and the coffee does add an extra layer of flavour; there are no off-flavours either. Clearly well thought out, I like this a lot.

(Bottle, 0.33 l - bottled 10-06-2014, thanks FatPhil, 20150721) The beer poured black. Its head was non-existent. Aroma had burnt malts, coffee and bell peppers. Palate was fll bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were coffee, burnt malts, sweetness, liquorice and bitterness. Aftertaste had sweetness, ash and bitteress. A complex brew with too much coffee compared to amount of other ingredients usegs.

Bottle, 330 ml from Pivoljub, Ljubljana. Pours black with tan head. Roasted malts, coffee, chocolate. Sweet. Had this acidic note which ruined it for me.

Bottle, 0.33l. Hazy pale amber color with medium frothy white head, yeast particles floating and sparkling appearance. Aroma is very faint fruity, grainy and yeasty. Taste starts refreshing sour fruity and grainy, follows by mild toasted malt and peppery, mouthfeel is mild spicy, while finish is moderate bitter. Medium body, oily texture and lively carbonation in palate. Taste is much better than aroma, but still expected more...

330ml bottle. Hazy golden orange color with off white head. Hoppy piney aroma, citrusy fruity, light floral, caramel malty. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.

Bottle @ home. Slightly hazy almost fluorescent orange color, medium to full sized off-white head that lasts for quite a long time. Aroma is lightly malts, very hoppy, fruit hops, fruity, citrus. Taste lightly malts, again very hoppy, some citrus, fruit hops, bitter hops and bitter. Decent body, a bit firm carbonation. - Edit: after a short while the aroma has changed from fresh, hoppy and fruity to a lightly hoppy, a bit vegetal nose. I had the aroma at a 9 and the beer at a 4.0 but this is not nice and not how it was in the past. Bummer..

33 cl bottle @ home. Deep golden color, hazy. Off white head with short retention. Aroma’s of resin, citrus, sour fruit, grass, caramel malts. More citrus retronasal, almost. sour, a bit grsin. Flavor is moderate bitter with some hoppy acidity. Light bodied. Finishes moderate bitter, with lots of herbal hops.