UPDATED: JUL 31, 2021 Bottle at share. Inky black pour with a thin, creamy beige head. Aging has done this beer wonders.Candy bar aromas of chocolate and almonds. Taste adds vanilla, molasses, deep roasty grains and anise. Sugary sweet and smooth.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2021 Bottle 500ml shared at FF-tasting. Batch 04175. Pours black with thin beige head. Flavor has roasted malts, licorice, dried fruits, warming alcohol,. Full body oily texture, soft carbonation, roasted finish.

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2019 500ml bottle. Pours nearly pitch black in color with not much head to speak of. The aroma shows notes of big dark fruit, raisins, treacle, dark caramel, and dark roasted malt base to go with notes of licorice and faint coffee. The flavor follows suit with huge dark fruit, toasted caramel, molasses, treacle, dark chocolate, and a touch of roast from the coffee with some nice warming from the alcohol. Full bodied and viscous on the mouthfeel with minimal carbonation that leads to a dark fruit, caramel, molasses, and boozy warming finish. Really well made with big bold flavors and held up surprisingly well for being 10 years old or so. Interesting to see how this has aged and can only imagine how big and bold the flavors must have been when fresh.

UPDATED: MAR 12, 2019 Taster at Fredrikstad Ølfestival 18. Black color, light brown head. Complex nose, rich roasted malty, licorice, wood, vinous, molasses, mild alcohol, dark chocolate. Complex taste, rich roasted malty, licorice, sweet, hidden alcohol, coffee, molasses, balanced. Full body, soft carbonation, thick and oily texture.
9, 5, 9, 5, 19

Sampled at Ace & Kees. Bottle. Dark brown with light tan head. Big sweet roasted chocolate malts. Rye, dried fruits, coffee, vanilla. Big sweet and bitter. Full body and soft carbonation. Greasy and oily feel. Very nice one.

Sampled at Ace&Kees! festival. Deep reddish brown with dark beige head. Thick roast, dark chocolate, booze, coffee, dark sugar, toffee, brandy, cognac. Quite sweet and boozy bitter. Almost full bodied. Very good, but a bit too much alcohol.

8-4-8-5-16
Sample from bottle @ Bergen Ølfestival 2018. Pours pitch black, with a small rocky head. Aroma is dark roasted malts with cocoa, leather, wood and muscovado, as well dark fruits and tobacco. Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is dark roasted malts, with dark fruity notes and coffee, as well as leather, muscovado, tobacco and wooden barrels. All these years, and still going strong. Balanced and quaffable.

UPDATED: JUN 15, 2018 0,2 litre taster at Håndverksøl festivalen. Black with broen head. Malts, hops Chocolate, coffee and boozy.

Pours rich coffee with minimal head. Aroma provides rich roast malt, coffee, subtle caramel and chocolate notes. Flavor offers serious roast hops, coffee, chocolate and caramel, very sweet. Texture features heavy, viscous body and jazzy fizz. An outstanding edition.

UPDATED: MAY 3, 2018 Svart med lavt lys brunt skum. Lukter mørk sjokolade, svisker, kvae, engelsk lakris, noe animalsk mot lær, noe anis, dadler og krutt. Fyldig. Fyldig. Søtlig smak mot sviske, stenfrukt, lakris mot salmiakk, mørk sjokolade, portvin så det holder og noe trevirke. Lang.