8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
375ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with minimal brown head. Aroma of bourbon, oak, coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice. Taste is very rich, sweet, prominent bourbon and oak, coffee, liquorice, dark chocolate, dried fruits, the coconut is there too, had to look for it, boozy alcohol notes. Full bodied, smooth.
Wow, what an incredible beer. And 72 months (6 years) in the barrel is one of the longest ageing periods I've seen.
Wow, what an incredible beer. And 72 months (6 years) in the barrel is one of the longest ageing periods I've seen.
Tried
from Bottle
from RAD Beer
on 02 Jan 2026
at 01:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Jet black stout: apparently a nitro. Smallish slightly unstable 1cm head. Sweet milk coffee with chocolate / cacao on the nose. Sweet chocolate espresso on the palette. Nutty. Not too sweet. Almost peaty smoky flavor in there. Good! Not very intense.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2026
at 01:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Slightly hazy dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, raisins, date, figs, caramel. Taste is quite sweet, oaky, red wine, bourbon, caramel, figs, dates, raisins, boozy notes. Medium bodied, smooth. Very nice, if a fair bit sweeter than I remember previous vintages being.
Tried
from Bottle
from RAD Beer
on 31 Dec 2025
at 22:09
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from the Asdas. Nose is earthy, coconut, wafer, chocolate, hint of catering chocolate. Taste is ash, coconut, woody, slight sour note, leading to a sweet milk chocolate finish.
The heavy opening ash notes, stop it being to cloying. But it's not very nice.
The heavy opening ash notes, stop it being to cloying. But it's not very nice.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2025
at 21:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from the Siren Advent Calendar 2025. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of grassy hop, cereal, faint cooked green beans. Taste is more of the same. Clean finish.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2025
at 16:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from the Siren Advent Calendar 2025. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of chocolate, leather, mixed herbs. Taste adds a bit of liquorice. Clean finish.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2025
at 16:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from the Siren Advent Calendar 2025. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus and mango. Taste adds passion fruit. Light bitter finish, a tad thin.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2025
at 16:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 10
Overall 7
Can from Gedeelde Vreugde. Cloudy black, stable, foamy, dark beige head. Complex aroma of coffee variations: coffee bean, cappuccino, mocha (biscuit), Kahlúa, chocolate sauce, candied date, prune. Taste has sweet candied date & fig in a thick dark-chocolatey, pecan-nutty malt body; a bitter layer of coffee & mocha, some cream and a vague hint of umami soy sauce. Soft earthy hops in the finish, lingering sweet mocha, cream and warming coffee liqueur-like alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Rich, creamy and quite complex but lacking a bit more bitter roastiness.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2025
at 09:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
My Xmas rating No 41 2025/26.Dark brown colour with small beige head.Aroma of chocolate cake and sweet candy but also nice roasted and toasted with good note of chocolate and mild coffee nice overall.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2025
at 11:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from forest wines. A jet black coloured pour with a decent loose light tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, lactose, cocoa,, light tang, dark chocolate edge bitterness. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, oily, mid chocolate, light dark bitterness, dried tangy fruits, light tang, oily. Palate is semi sweet, oily, light tang, mellow carbonation. Ok
Tried
on 29 Dec 2025
at 00:35