UPDATED: MAY 1, 2021 Bottle 330ml at Niko. Pours black with thin beige head. Flavor has roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, soy sauce, dried fruits. Medium body, average carbonation, roasted finish.

Mikkeller and friends, black with a brown head, aroma of chocolate, coffee, cocoa, liquorice, honey and brandy, flavor of nuts, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, brandy, full bodied, Great

On tap at What’s Brewing 2015, day 2. Black body with a light brown head. Licorice aroma with chocolate, alcohol and roast. Bitter espresso taste with red fruits, plum, chocolate. Feels thinner than the brunch but kind of hard to compare without having them side by side. Lovely dark roast and fruit finish.

Bottle. 3-4 years old. Heavy roast aroma, chocolate, licorice, thick dark fruit, sweet and boozy and fumey. Dark brown, some lace. Scorched malt, chocolate, small buzzing coffee notes, vanilla, berries, bit of soy sauce -- got it all. Thick and warming. Hides alcohol in flavors very well. Coffee seems to have faded somewhat. Wonderful stuff.

Bottle shared at Daniels place. 20/02/2016. Many thanks to Daniel for this one. Dark / brown black coloured pour with a fading dark tan head. Aroma is dark choc, little alcohol, bourbon. Flavour is smooth vanilla, praline, some dirty coffee, smooth, dark liquorice. Good depth. Palate is medium full, dark fruit, velvety, smooth. Lingering Boosty, smooth vanilla. Really nice.

Bottle shared at the inaugural Richmond tasting - many thanks to the host. Pours deep brown with a creamy tan head. Rich roasted malts in the nose, hints of alcohol, burnt wood, dark fruits, raisins. Medium sweet flavor with sturdy boozy kick, rich dark chocolate, hard roast, aged dried dark fruits, baking cocoa. Full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, with dense dark chocolate character, brownies, scorched earth, rich dried dark fruits. Great stuff. Nice and dry, well balanced.

Bottle at the Richmondo tasting. It pours jet black with a tiny beige head. The nose is rich, big rich roast, dark jammy fruits, umami, dull smoke, big coffee character, earthy, cocoa and tangy action. The taste is rich, bitter - sweet, tangy dark fruits, rich coffee character, earthy, damp leaves, charred wood, liquorice and good boost with a warming finish. Medium - full body and fine carbonation. Works rather well. Pretty drinkable stuff.

Draught @ Whats Brewing - Saturday Session 1, Stavanger
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, oak, vanilla, caramel, alcohol and molasses. Taste is heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, burned, roasted, chocolate, vanilla, coffee and licorice finish. Body is full, texture is oily to sticky, carbonation is soft to flat.

Bottle at Taps Beer Bar, Changkat, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a murky dark brown with a frothy tan head. The aroma is rich smoky roasted malt, some molasses, dry coffee. The flavour is big liqourice bitter with a rich, smooth, roasty, dark chocolate, coffee alcoholic palate. Full bodied with soft carbonation. A lovely heart-warming impy with well hidden alcohol.

On tap @ What’s Brewing 15. 2013 vintage. Pours pitch black, with a small creamy mocha head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts, with bread, cocoa, and coffee, muscovado, honey, leather and nice wooden barrels, as well as some herbal hops. Full, velvety creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is sweet, burned malts, with coffee, leather and cocoa, as well as dark fruits and muscovado. Lingering sweet malty finish with wood and coffee.