Bottle 33cl. @home poured into shaker. Clear dark brown colour, tall creamy tan head, good retention, good lacing. Aroma roasted malt, dried dark fruits, light caramel, resinous hops. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, some roast, dried dark fruits, dark chocolate, pine resin. Medium body, watery to creamy texture, soft carbonation, lingering roasty bittersweet aftertaste, some chocolate, earthy notes, the name is quite correct for this earthy beer, more a stout/porter than an IPA, very nice anyway.

The second beer by these guys from the Meetjesland region (northwest of Ghent), after a saison; enjoyed at ZBF, cheers to Yuri Hegge. Yellowish beige, moussy, medium sized head, very dark chocolate brown robe, as good as black. Aroma of burnt toast, dried grapefruit peel, pine resin, charcoal, nutmeg, hard caramel without the sweetness, black pepper, cheese rind. Dried-fruity onset (old raisins), fizzy carb, smooth body; dry toasty-nutty maltiness, burnt toast returning as well as the hard caramel, with a bitter unsugared chocolate note in the end, connecting with a long, leafy, peppery and piney, but also very slightly cheesy hop bitterness. Ends lightly earthy, with more dominance from toasted bitterness than hop bitterness, though the latter too remains very strong; decent ‘European style’ BIPA, and even if the brewers did not agree with me, I maintain that it would benefit from a more outspoken citrusy hop aroma to underline the ‘IPA’ part of it – like so many Euro BIPAs these days, it more resembles a hoppy stout or porter than a true IPA of whatever kind, even if the intention here was partially a "black saison" of sorts as well. Still a very enjoyable beer, though, one I would not mind drinking again.

Zythos 2022. Very dark brown with quick fading head. Nicely hoppy and bitter. Aftertaste has dark malt and a hint of chocolate.

Sampled @ Zythos Beer Festival 2022. A black beer with a beige head. Aroma of mid sweet dark roasted malt. Taste of sweet dark roasted malt, liquorice, resinous hops. Taste of bitter resinous hops, pine, caramel, long bitter finish.

Sampled @ Zythos Beer Festival 2022. A clear golden beer with a white lacing. Aroma of mild sourish pale malt, herbs, yeast. Taste of herbal malt, yeast, pine, long herbal bitterness.

Sample at Zythos 2022, golden orange beer, small head. Aroma is yeast, floral, hops, light peppery. Taste is the same, yeast peppert, floral. Ok

Sample at Zythos 2022, black beer, small head. Aroma is roast, malt, chocolate, not much. Taste is the same, bitter, dry, chocolate, malt, coffee, hint of citrus. Ok

Bottle from Prik&Tik Stockman Maldegem. Hazy blond colour, lots of spices, some grainy and grassy notes. Medium carbonation.