UPDATED: MAY 19, 2021 500ml bottle. Pours black with a huge tan head. Aroma is mild with a hint of seafood. The beer is light to medium bodied with a dark but light malt base, bitterness is medium & there are hints of coffee. Not as much oyster as I was hoping for, perhaps they need a super luxury version as I appreciate that oysters are expensive. The end result is not as distinctive as say the Emerson Clam Stout. Not a bad dry stout but not as good as I had hoped.

UPDATED: FEB 13, 2021 Old rating from 17-01-16 - 500ml bottle, from Love Wine in Jersey. Abv is 6.5%. Pours a jet black colour with a beige foamy head. Aromas of roast & oysters. Tastes is of roasted chocolate, caramel & toffee with a underlying bitterness of oysters in the aftertaste. Overall not a beer I loved, and may not choose to have a second.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2020 ohh thought this was a rerate... dark black.. massive tan head.. soft dusty chocolate roast malts nose... soft bitter milky chocolate dusty roast

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2020 Aroma: Medium cocoa, Appearance: Black body, Flavour: Medium chocolate, medium-light coffee. Medium bitterness. Dry finish, coffee. Mouthfeel: Medium body, Medium carbonation. Overall: Amazing how the taste starts with chocolate but ends with coffee. Taster at festival

UPDATED: OCT 28, 2019 Really solid oyster stout, one of the few I’ve tried. Thick and dark. Lots of chocolate and coffee. A little salt and licorice. Tried with Kelsey and Tim at Pomeroys in Christchurch in 2019.

Keg at BrewDog Shepherds Bush in 2016. Black with a beige head. Aroma of prunes, roasted malt, liquorice and cocoa. Dark chocolate, fruit loaf and coffee flavours. Medium to full body.

UPDATED: JAN 10, 2019 On tap at Brew Craft Beer Pub in Rotorua on 17 November 2018. Part of a tasting paddle. Smokey aroma and a big bitter burnt toast like finish. Full bodied and thick black in colour.

From a beer hawk mystery case. Smooth , hops , dark malts, chocolate and roasted coffee. 6.5%. Not too sweet. Nice. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Bought Aug 2017 at GBBF; BB Mid-Sept 2017; Drank Aug 2017 - Opaque black in colour. Medium creamy beige head. Good lacing. Very malty; roasty/burnt malts, grainy, liquorice, espresso coffee, earthy roast, dark chocolate. Bit spicy. Fruity; dark fruit notes. Hoppy; some hop bitterness. Bitter roast/burnt liquorice and coffee malty throughout. Earthy, dry and salty (?the oysters?). Enjoyed this. Excellent stout. (2017-08)

500ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige to tan head. Chocolately, roasty, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, fruity hints of bramble and blueberry, a touch of cocoa. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty, subtle dark malty sweetness, fruity hints of bramble and blueberry, notes of dark chocolate, an ashy touch. Wonderful!