UPDATED: JUN 13, 2020 Keg at Tugboat Brewery, Portland, OR on 07/09/2009. Didn’t get to try it in ‘08. I realise that this beer completely varied from one brew to the next, but this was really tasty when I had it. Thick, and full of roasted malt, molasses, treacle, tobacco and slight smoky notes.

On tap at tugboat Portland. Pours out black topped with a small head. Nose is roast malts some odd chemical notes maybe some sort of nuclear waste. Taste is roast malts chocolate and as bad as the nose.

On tap at Tugboat. Black with a small head. Aroma and taste of licorice, chocolate and some warming alcohol. Drinkable but a bit chemical.

@ Tugboat 16-3-8: en lite klen doft och smak med lite kemiska undertoner. Lite bitter choklad i eftersmaken.

Draught at the Tugboat Brewing Co, Portland, OR. Black colour with a tiny tan head. Marmalade, sweetness, cocoa, chocolate, roasted malt and some hops in the aroma. The flavour is roasted malt, dry ashy notes, dark chocolate, cocoa and some sweetish hoppy notes. Decent one. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Draft pour at tugboat in Portland. Like gravy. Thick milky cocoa and choclate taste. Monster beer. Good beer to have before going to Mary's next door

Bottle at Deans impromptu Monday night tasting. Poured a clear dark brown with a bubbly light tan head. The aroma is light yeast, alcohol. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a big alcohol liqourice palate. Medium bodied with flat carbonation. Like many high ABV beers the alcohol tends to dominate. Nice but not "that" nice.

Poured deep dark reddish brown with a small tan ring. Aroma is vinous and slightly malty. Full body, flavour is bitter dark chocolate, bitter raspberries.

50cl bottle via a trade. (tap pour bottled) No carbonation or head (to be expected). Clear black pour. Nice enough. lots of chocolate.

Bottle @ tasting. Aroma is nail polish, candy like fruits, artificial something. Flavour is roast, malt, liquorice, molasses, dust, yeast. Meh. Sure this 13%?