Sample at the Ping Pong, Foosball, and Great Beer tasting on 03/03/2012. Thanks to JaBier for sharing a 2010 bottle. The beer is black with a medium thin khaki head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Stingy lacing on the glass. Chocolate, roasted malt and fruit in the nose. Medium body with flavors of sweet chocolate malt, dark fruit and bourbon. The finish is roasty with a dark malt aftertaste. Above average overall.

Draught@Pikkulintu
Deep, opaque black color, steady creamy brown head. Strong tobacco in the roasted nose, Medium-bodied. Coffee, tobacco dominate the flavor. Some licorice. Soft palate, maybe oat has been used. Tobacco also in the aftertaste. Nice, drinkable strong porter.

(Draught at Pikkulintu, 20120222) The beer poured pitch black. Its head was huge and light brown. Aroma had roasted malts, liquorice, coffee and hops. Palate was medium bodied and soft with medium carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, burnt malts, ash, hops, liquorice and bitterness. Aftertaste was roasty, burnt and bitter. A soft and dry stout with long lasting and quite harsh but still pleasant taste.

Draught @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki

Pours pitch black with a massive smooth brown head. Aroma of licorice, chocolate, malts and salmiakki. Taste is "wet", salty and roasty with a lot of licorice and notes of fruits, coffee and chocolate. Finish is salty with some roasted chocolate notes. Tasty, well balanced wet and salty stout.

7th February 2012
On tap at the Craft. Opaque black beer, little tan head. Smooth palate with some body, semi dry. Rich dark malt, slightly ashy. Very slight lacto. Crisp minerals. Trace of something plastic well buried. Hints of coffee and fruit. Finishes semi dry. Seems to be popular with the punters at the time of purchase. Can’t say I am that enamoured. It a somewhat skewed beer that doesn’t quite hand together.

Gold finch vintage: Hazy copper with a small off-white head. Perfumed floral aroma with caramel malty notes, and some nice touches of vineous dried fruit character. Sweet malty flavour with caramel and toffee, lots of peach and a touch of vanilla.

Bottle @ Hallinghansens US Tasting, Odense. 2007. Bottle 1413/1500. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Sweet malty nose and flavor. Winegums, caramel, toffee liquorice. Full bodied. Sweet , actually a bit too much. Cloying.

On tap @ Beer Temple. Black color, nice thick mocha colored head. Aroma’s of (ground) coffee, soy sauce, roasted malts, somewhat acidic, some malty notes in the background. Flavor is roasted, slightly acidic and lightly sweet. Medium body, soft carbonation. Finishes with more roast and medium bitter. Nice craft stout.