UPDATED: MAY 24, 2023 dunkle farbe mit beiger schaumkrone, dunkler schokoladengeschmack,vanillegeschmack,bittere note enthalten, angenehm zu trinken.OK

UPDATED: APR 8, 2023 Bottle at home. Pours black color, beige head. Aroma of cocoa, dark chocolate, vanilla. Taste is sweet, bitter, cocoa nibs, dark chocolate, vanilla, sherry. Bitter chocolate finish.

UPDATED: MAR 5, 2023 Cerveza de color negro intenso con una espuma beige mediana y cremosa, mayormente duradera. Aroma a malta tostada, con un intenso carácter torrefacto a café y cacao, con matices de vainilla, fruta pasa y regaliz. Sabor dulce, muy tostado, inmediatamente cálida al paladar, con detalles a lúpulo, chocolate negro amargo y regaliz. Compleja y sabrosa. Lúpulos amargos en el final. De cuerpo medio a pleno con carbonatación suave. Una cerveza excepcionalmente buena.

UPDATED: FEB 17, 2023 Black with a large light brown head. Good chocolate aroma, with wooden barrels and dark fruit sense. Sweet with a nice chocolate and wooden barrels. AsM tasting

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2023 Pours dark brown/black with beige/light brown head. Nose on toasted/burnt bread and roasted malts. Creamy mouthfeel, toasted bread, roasted malts, dark bitter chocolate, licorice, bitter hops.

UPDATED: DEC 24, 2022 Jet black color with a small tanned head. Aroma has roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, raisins and coffee. Taste is malty sweet with a long quite bitter and not so sweet aftertaste. Flavors of roasted malt, ripe fruits, chocolate, ash and coffee. Very well balanced.

UPDATED: DEC 18, 2022 Bottle. Black sporting a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, cocoa and a little bit of booze. Taste of dark chocolate, roasted malts, tobacco, mousse au chocolate and coffee with the occasional hints of liquorice and a subtle fruitiness underneath (mostly dried fruits and red berries but there’s some citrus in there as well). Moderate to strong roasty bitterness. Low carbonation. Full-bodied with a distinct warming alcoholic presence yet overall still very balanced. Delicious.

UPDATED: OCT 16, 2022 Colore nero, schiuma media marrone. Al naso malto tostati, caffè. Al palato caffè e cioccolato, leggere note di liquirizia, il finale è amaro. Una birra con un ottimo corpo che rappresenta pienamente lo stile, si nota una leggera frizzanteza iniziale.

UPDATED: OCT 5, 2022 One of their best known oldies; weird I never tasted it earlier (although I also drank several BA versions). Pitch black pour with creamy brown head, retaining very well. Aroma and taste are rich & full; dark-roast malts, bit coffee, dark chocolate, nutty. Mix of moderate bitter-sweet choco, directly followed by a dark-bitter coffee sense, lasting in a long aftertaste. Full body. Very special RIS; well in balance, ful of character, well made.

UPDATED: JUL 12, 2022 From the Bottle at Chris O's Post-GBBF Tasting 16/08/2014 Chocolate aroma. Small beige head. Black smooth on the palate strong in alcohol hoppy and fruity orange flavour with a bitter coffee roast finish.