UPDATED: APR 28, 2023 Bottled. More or less black colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is vanilla, some chocolate, mild alcohol and some roasted elements. Flavour is roasted, some vanilla, alcohol, liquorice, mild bourbon and some wooden tones too.

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2022 Lukt: Kaffe, bek, lakris, sjokolade. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Lite skum. Smak: Kaffe, lakris, sjokolade. Medium: Rating:-848416, Flaske@500ml, ABV@16%, Når@26.11.2022. Hvor: Juleølsmaking Kumlefjorden. 8 Wired Bumaye Stout - Imperial

UPDATED: JAN 31, 2021 500ml compact bottle, 2013 vintage, stored in my cellar for more than two years. Poured a noisy tan-coloured head slowly diminishing over a coal black body. Scattered lacing. Initially lovely aromas of roasted mid-sweet malts, oaky. Well blended taste character of chocolate, prunes, dark bread. and oak vanilla. Vinous impression. Long-lived and warming ending, not too sweet. Perfect slow sipper on a Friday eve. (Tromsø 29.01.2021).

UPDATED: OCT 8, 2019 Bottle - 330ml. Pours an opaque, black body with no head at all. Robust, rich malty/hoppy aroma with oaky, vineous, plummy, vanilla, and Bourbon-like hints. Its strong, complex taste carries vineous, oaky, roasty, and liquorice notes. Ends with a long, strong, warming bittersweet finish. Awesome!

UPDATED: SEP 23, 2019 12 ounce bottle shared at my house. A dark pour with a good amount of soy no carb sticky

UPDATED: JUN 7, 2019 Bottle 50 cl. Black with a minimal light brown head. Aroma of wooden barrels, fruits and choolate. Sweet with a warm woooden barrels, alc and chocolate end.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2019 330 ml bottle from The Party Source. Can't remember what year I bought this, but it's been a while. Pours a deep, dark, basically opaque brown with no head. Notes of pinot noir, oak, soy, roasted malts, chocolate, earth, rubber, and baker's chocolate. Medium-full bodied, with low carbonation and a roasty, rich, umami mouthfeel. I should've opened fresher but I still don't think this would be my favorite representation of the style if new.

UPDATED: APR 24, 2019 Bottle, 2013. Mellow in Pinot Noir barrels for 3.5 years, according to the label. Color: Black, thin light brown head. Aroma: Soy Sauce, rosted malt, vinuous. Taste: Medium sweet, roasted malt with vinuous red wine notes, notes of soy sauce, umami, bit boozy and warming mouthfeel. Dark chocolate hints. Moderate to medium sweet and bitter. Vinuous roasted malt finish. Full body, below average carbonation. Never tasted this beer before, but people who did say that this beer is over his top right now. Wish I had tasted this before because nowadays it still is a good beer but a bit messy and unbalanced in my opinion.

UPDATED: MAR 2, 2019 Aroma: run, red fruit, malt & caramel Appearance: pours black with a deep red core, flat tan head Flavour(s): coffee, malt, acidic, port like, salty giving way to toffee notes Palate: thick, finishes extremely long, coffee and spiritous

UPDATED: FEB 19, 2019 Bottle @ Cafe DeRat. The aroma has oak, red wine, loads of raisins and chocolate. The taste is sweet, has vanilla, prunes, chocolate, raisins. Very full and complex. Just lovely.