Galea's brewer Giovanni Christis celebrating his thirtieth birthday with this very strong and flavoured imperial stout with a name in Antwerp dialect, translating as on tram three, available in 33 cl cans. Medium thick, irregularly membrane-lacing, mocha-beige head, slowly showing gaps and thinning, until eventually almost completely dissolving; jet black robe with thin burgundy edges. Strong, expressive, desserty bouquet of fresh and hot espresso, Irish coffee, cinnamon powder, Belgian chocolates, fudge, 'moelleux au chocolat', whisky, whiff of vanilla, pipe tobacco, shoe polish, dry peat, cigar ashes, ground hazelnuts, black pepper, walnut poil, wet nutmeg, fig jam, candied cherries. Sweet, dense onset, sugared figs, blackberry jam and cnadied cherries, hints of blue plum and sweet red apple, quite lively carbonation but very 'refinedly' so and therefore pleasantly tingling, very full, oily, syrupy body. Thick, creamy maltiness, toffeeish, deeply (even milk-)chocolatey with a mild toasty edge, the 'chocolateness' enhanced by the added cocoa; coffee aromatizes the finish in a spicy, bit tangy way, adding some peppery bitterness (matching with the hops) on top of light roastedness with a vague ashy side to it. The alcohol, though strongly warming at this ABV, manages to remain supple and does not become unpleasantly wry anywhere, with a port- and whisky-like effect. Coffee lingers around retronasally, but so do the vanilla and the cinnamon, adding a 'desserty' feel to the whole. Sweetness prevails here, becoming a bit sticky even, but there is an ashy, bitter, spicy tail to this beer that keeps it from becoming overly fatiguing - this is exactly the way I like my pastry stouts. Intense, very thick, very demanding and decadent, this is a liquid dessert and among the best of these postmodern Scandinavian style pastry stouts brewed in Belgium that I had so far - not that there are many around, of course, but this one is remarkably well executed even in comparison with Scandinavian or American examples. I remain as impressed by this one as I was by Living In The Jar, another flavoured imperial stout they did with Polish Maltgarden recently. Clearly Galea has come a long way in their three years of 'official' existence, this kind of beers is clearly a step higher on the ladder than their already very satisfying Dark Nun of last year... One can wonder what kind of other beautiful stouts will come out of this evolution.