15/IV/18 - sample @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-396) Thanks to 77ships and Rubin77 for sharing today's beers!

Clear black beer, no head. Aroma: sweet, malty, caramel, lots of chocolate, some vanilla. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: nice sweet start, lots of chocolate, roasted, some coffee, really good stuff. Aftertaste: sweet, more chocolate, lots and lots of alcohol are noticeable in the throat, bitter touch in the finish, good roast. Lovely beer!

F: no real. C: dark, opaque. A: mellow roasted, umami, chocolate, cocoa, bit vinous, dark fruity, liquorish. T: thick dark malts, cocoa, liquorish, toffee, caramel, bit roasted tones, oily mouthfeel, full body, lower carbonation, very nice, fully enjoyed, sample @ LIBF 2018, thank you tderoeck and 77ships for sharing.

Thank you for sharing tderoeck & Rubin77. 500 ml. bottle sampled @ LIBF 2017. Black syrup with no head. Nose is soy sauce, umami, thick varnish, alcoholic. Taste is decent soy sauce, mocha, chocolate, umami, liquorice, age doesn’t show but makes sense with this much soy sauce, too alcoholic, harsh alcoholic, very thick soy sauce body. Fair & heavy, bit crude but does the trick.

Draught. Pitch black with a fading dark brown head. Aroma is of plums, chocolate, red fruits, liquorice, caramel. Taste is of chocolate, red fruits, hint of spice, cinnamon, toffee, alcohol coming through. Medium carbonation, sticky chewy oily mouthfeel.

Opaque, solidly dark brown with no real head. Nose is creamy choc, melted peat and soft booze. Initial taste is warming, projected barrell and waft of smoke. Rounded malt, silky and doesn’t rush things. Smooth enough but a long, silky mouthfeel. Finishes strongly bitter, rich and viscous choc - dark berries on the linger but long wholesome dark choc bitterness.

Bottle, Cheers Beers Ave Known, Daisy Tasting.

Pours a deep, dark brown with no head. Aroma is oak, leather, bourbon and a hint of vanilla. Taste is slightly harsh bouron initiaaly, vanilla, molasses, a hint of residual cocoa lacing.

Bottle. Black with tan head. Aroma of molasses, blackcurrant, licorice. Taste is slightly roasty, berries, blackcurrant, licorice.

Bottle at Craig’s, cheers Steve! Pours opaque dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of fruity whisky, roasted coffee. Taste is boozy, whisky. Faint chocolate notes. Rich finish.
12th July Garvie tasting

bottle at home ... deep black ... thick tan head ... soft chocolate roast .... meaty ..very fruity ... dark rich roast malts ... little whisky nose .. dark roast ... soft mellow roast .. soft sweet chocolate roast .. mellow bitter chocolatee roast ... light whisky linger.. light bitter

Bottle at craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, smoky, wood, taste is similar, very dry, meaty, light whiskey coming through.