UPDATED: JAN 2, 2023 Appearance: Very dark brown, big dark tan head. Aroma: Dark malt, roasted. Some fruity hops. Taste: Roasted, dark malt. Good hops, also some pine and citrus. Bought: Garosch, 330 ml, CHF 3.90 Info: 1/1-2023, BB: 24/2-2023

UPDATED: JUN 20, 2021 Old rating - 330ml bottle in Grindelwald, pours hazy amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of tangerine, pine, chocolate, toffee, liquorice & malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish

UPDATED: FEB 2, 2019 330 ml bottle at home, bb. 20.9.2019. Pours a dark chestnut brown with an off-white head. The aroma is medium hoppy and lighty malty - lots of pine, orange, perfume, toffee, chocolate. Medium body with an average carbonation and a light to medium bitterness. The flavor is less hoppy than the smell - some pine and grapefruit - with some roasted malt in the back. Finishes with pine and a medium hoppy bitterness. I hoped for more hop flavors after the smell. Overall a little thin, yet decent. Aroma: 7 Appearance: 4 Taste: 7 Palate: 3 Overall: 12

from Mühlistübli - almost black beer under a solid dark beige foam; nice lace; aroma of licorice and black cherries; a good malt backbone; fairly bitter, solid but subtle carbonation; quite juicy; long aftertaste of licorice and quinces - pretty nice

30th October 2017
Craft Islington. Bottleshare. Thanks to Mr Tipple. Hazy dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Airy palate, semi dry and with decent fine carbonation. Thin dark malts, a mild creamy sweetness. Tangy dark chocolate streak. Tangy dark fruits and a little hop spice. Light dry finish. A little clunky but okay.

Bottle split at CBC Islington, thanks to Adrian, 30/10/17. Light black with a decent tan head. Nose is faint plastic, earthy fruits, light charr, dusty hops, toffee. Taste comprises cocoa powder, burnt toffee, light spice, mellow roast malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dashed with earthy hop bitterness. Average for the style.

October 2017 - Bottle share at CBC Islington. Big thanks to Adrian. As 'Haarige Kuh Black Rock'. Hazy dark brown, foamy brown head leaves light lacing. Aroma is coffee, little pine, floral. Body is smooth with soft carbonation. Taste is dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee against piney, floral hops. Good. (7-4-7-4-15=3.7)

Bottle at Craft Islington, thanks to Mr Tippz. It pours deep brown with a decent dirty beige head. The aroma is fairly sweet, sticky, oily, roasted malt, fudge, vanilla and toffee. The taste is soft, bitter - sweet, oily, toasty grain, drying, wood, leather, charred pine and cocoa with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Decent enough.

30Oct2017 Intense, dark malts, floral hops, wet grass, straw, sweet, dark, toasted malts. Clear, very dark brown, small, creamy, beige head. Sweet, dark, toasted malts, bitter, wet straw, hay, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Decent CDA, quite true to the style. Bottle shared at CBC Islington - sourced from Patrik Feller, Thun.

Bottle shared at CBC Islington 30/10/2017. Many thanks to Tipple for this one. A dark mahogsny brown coloured pour with a frothy tan head. Aroma is woody malts, vanilla, cakey, apple. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, woody pine, earthy, plastic, grassy. Palate is semi sweet, frothy, moderate carboantion oily, pine resinous. Ok black ipa.