2018 vintage (only batch?) The red wax here... Well thats a first.. It's one of those 'break to open' wax that crumble everywhere in pieces and powder. But what's really a first ever experience ? The wax reeks. It absolutely stinks. Not the beer. Not the outside of the wax (which you could point to the enviroment of the bottle) I mean when you break the wax, it releases a fairly pungent aroma of burnt plastic/rubber... That's not a great start - since this is the kind of fucking wax that always ends up in the beer, usually some dust on the neck of the bottle, if you've opened and poured in the most carefull way. I've never had a wax that was not odor free though (accept Grey Monday B1, bujt it had a pleasant aroma of Hazelnut as a gimmick, and it's wax you can just peel off super easy), so it usually is only anoying, now it's anoying times 5. Why, oh why.

The beer itself pours a very dark brown, no foam (and hey, only 1 miniscule part of wax ended up in the glass) Scent is very smoked, like ham (Zwarte Woudham) Some prune like aroma underneath. Heavy. Taste is smoked, sharp, metallic-like sharp even (build up with the smokeyness, not actual metallic I think) Sharp grainy-smokey-prune finish with some alcoholic burst.

I'm not a fan of smoke, but there's smoke and there's smoke. This one is specifically revolting to me - and it delivers very little beyond or beneath the smokeyness. I can see how it's appealing for those who like this particular kind of smoke, which seems like a very small crowd. It has a good, dense body without being to thick, and very low to no carbonation (which works) , so the mouthfeel is solid, there's that! But yeah, I'm not about to call myself a fan of this beer, and I'll send it down the drain along with the particles and dust of that fucking wax