330mL bottle, pours jet black with a small brown head. Aroma brings out lots of rich roasted malt, heaty oats, and a hint of dry dark cocoa. Flavour is rich and robust, with a wonderful roasted malt character, balanced by an assertive hoppiness, and hearty oats. Impeccably balanced, with pretty remarkable depth. Wonderfully rich and a pleasure to sip on.

Bottle at La 100 de Beri, pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma is complex, with rich roasted malt, piney hops, and some charcoal. Flavour is intense, with medium roasted malt, bitter cocoa, abrasive hops, and some espresso. Robust and complex, with tons of layers. Excellent.

DEC-2019. Batch 3. Draft at Beer O'Clock, Bucharest. Rich inky black, dark mocha head. Smells like a rich creamy chocolate truffle, some heat. The taste is that nice balance of sweet and bitter chocolate, the right amount of clean pungent bitterness (as in chilli chocolate) and carefully tuned alcoholic heat. No green hops, no annoying flavourings, no sticky sugars or aggressive roast/bitterness, just an honest technically perfect "pastry ish" porter. Excellent. 4,2/5.

JAN-2019. Batch 2. Thick inky black, small dark espresso head. The aroma is full of tonka and some cinnamon, dark chocolate syrup, just a hint of alcohol. The taste has that syrupy sweetness too, but thankfully is balanced by a decent amount of (grassy) hops. The flavour is, again, thankfully, easy on spices and roast malts. Inky thick mouthfeel yet easy to drink... or better yet, sip. I would prefer more heat, and the bitterness is a bit too vegetal. Other than that... A very well done, sensibly flavoured bed time sipper. 7-4-8-4-16=3,9.

APR-2018. Batch 1. Opaque black, dark espresso head. Tonka upfront, but not overwhelming, pretty well integrated actually. Not much vanilla, instead you get notes of cinnamon and, yeah, dark cocoa flavoured cake. The taste is only moderately sweet, with all the flavourings, not too roasty, staying off the front line, and a robust spicy bitterness keeping the things serious. Smooth oily mouthfeel, some alcoholic spice. Very nicely done, and thankfully, not over-flavoured. 8-4-8-4-16=4,0

30/3/2018. Bottle in trade with Silviu. 11.5% abv. Pours almost black with a rich tan coloured head. Aroma of coffee, liquorice, caramel, chocolate and deep roasted malt. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Full bodied, slick texture, very soft carbonation. Delicious.

BOTTLE 33 CL from Berero. Inky black, dark espresso head. The aroma is pretty nice but pretty standard - cooking chocolate, dark sugars, a light hint of roast malts and very little alcohol, if any. The taste has a robust dark malt character, restrained sweetness, maybe some berry flavoured black chocolate, firm roasty and hoppy bitterness - rich without being over the top or too sticky. The mouthfeel is incredibly silky - it's not always that you can feel those Oatmeal lipids so well.