UPDATED: SEP 10, 2023 Can. A- Smoked ham, char. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Bitter, char, cocoa, roasty, umami. P- Full body, slightly creamy texture, average carbonation, slightly bitter finish. O- Surprised it's listed as a foreign stout and not a rauchbier. This is all about the smoke. The finish is a charred bitterness. Really tasty and perhaps one of the tastiest brews in all of Ireland, but the lingering bitterness is just a bit more than I prefer.

UPDATED: AUG 8, 2023 I Draught /I Very good russet-cream head over jet-black beer. Smoke, ashes and lots of roast. Sweet and smell of hot, rusting metal, metalslug. Sweet-roast, with hardly any bitterness until the very finish. The smoke needs a bit of time to arrive in the flavour, without taking anything away from the rather remarkable, if non-cloying sweetness. Bit nutty, roasted hazelnuts and a certain oily flavour. Violette de Liège. There is no more than a hint at stout acidity. Well bodied, alcoholwarmth. Soft carbonation. Quite good strong stout, but I'm sure that if the Rauchmalz would have been stronger featured, it would have seriously bettered this beer.

UPDATED: JUL 23, 2023 Can. Black. Smoked ham and cheese and caramel in the aroma. Roast. Sweet flavor, full bodied. Smoked cheese and roast. Good.

UPDATED: JUN 25, 2023 440ml can as part of a delivery from House of Trembling Madness, York. At 11%. Dark brown, opaque with a small ring of beige head. Smoky molasses, heavy black bread, salted plum. And it’s not the ode to sweetness I was expecting in the taste: it’s nicely balanced, with the bitterness edging it in the finish. Bitter herbs and liquorice join the smoky aftertaste. Superb!!

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2023 Copenhagen 14/3 2023. 40 cl from tap at Taphouse, Lavendelstræde, Kbh. K. Pours opaque dark brown with a small light beige head. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. No lacing. Aroma is medium intense with a sweet, dark, malty odor mingling with earthy, sourish notes. Dark chocolate, brown sugar and toffee. Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, creamy, smooth texture. Peat and leather. Dark alcohol. Flavor is intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a slightly more moderate bitterness. Aftertaste bittersour with a sweet undertone. Lingering. Finish is rather dry. Potent boozy powerhouse.

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2023 Draught at Taphouse. Dark brown coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of chocolate and smoke with notes of dried fruits. Roasted flavour of dried fruits, smoke, chocolate and licorice. Roasted finish.

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2023 Black with creamy head. Aroma has toasted grains and a leathery smokiness. Silky texture, very slick. Light smokiness is complemented by the burnt malts.

UPDATED: JAN 23, 2023 440ml. can. @'home', 22/01/2023 [#5.766 Global - #149 Ireland - #25 Whiplash] Pours pitch black with a lacing tan head. Aroma: smoked, peaty malts, toffee and dried fruits. Taste: molasses, syrup, smoked malts, dark chocolate. Mild bourbon finish. Long peaty and rich mouthfeel. Next one please!

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2022 Black with a short tan head. Aroma of roasted malt. Flavour is deep roast chocolate malt, burnt smooth Fruit cake, peaty finish.

UPDATED: AUG 26, 2021 440ml can from Premier Hop, Pudsey, W.Yorkshire. A black coloured pour with a healthy beige head on top. Roasty, malty, smokey, treacle, some dark chocolate aroma/taste. Really good slightly sweet tasting stout from Whiplash, probably the best Irish beer that I've consumed to date.