Bronckhorster Scrooge (8.5%)

(Bottle, 0.33 l - BB 14-10-2016, at Viisi Penniä, 20160101) The beer poured mahogany red and hazy. Its head was medium sized and nearly white. Aroma had molassess, caramel, chocolate and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, caramel, molassess, grass, herbalness and bitterness. Afteraste was sweet, malty and bitter. A complex brew: starts very sweet and malty but the hops turn the brew rather spicy and herbal towards the finish.

bottle. Deep brown colour with a creamy beige head. Malty start, some caramel and dried fruits, also dark chocolate. Smooth and dark.

330ml Bottle - Dark brown with a foamy head. Raisins, marzipan and dates in the aroma. Fruity, slightly spicy and moderately sweet taste with plums, raisins and blackcurrant standing out.

bottle sample, poured a murky darker brown colour with a tanned head. notes of sweet chocolate, sweet dark malts, plums, sweet raisins, burned caramel, milk chocolate, earthy and slight herbal. medium bodied

Bottle from De Bierkoning, Amsterdam. 8% ABV. Pours dark brown, slightly redish, slightly cloudy. Single finger tan head. Aroma of sweet malts, raisins, plums, alcohol....Taste of initial dark malts, toffee, caramel then some yeast, smokiness, dark fruits, raisins, plums, cherries, and a whack from the alcohol. Nice.

Bottle from Prima Beer. 8 % ABV. Hazy brown with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, light spicy and dried fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. A bit weird. 250515

Small brown head. Nearly opaque black body goes deep dark red at bottom. Fruity buttery toffee aroma with seeds of paradise and licorice notes. Sweet roasty syrupy linoleum taste with mealy chocolate notes. Full-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Dryish roasty sherry aftertaste with toffee syrup and earth notes. Nice and drinkable, but perhaps a bit dense and heavy. (0.33l bottle, I have no idea where from. Batch #134.)

Bottle, batch SCR-195 (bb nov 2015), 8% abv. Pours murky brown with a frothy off-white head. Aroma: medicinal, honey. Taste: berries, nuts, peat, caramel, cocoa, moss. Medium sweet and bitter (3 IBU according to label?!), fairly thin body, long bitter earthy finish. This is a weird beer, one moment it’s good, the next something’s off.

Bottle thanks to Leighton. Brown with tan head. Aroma of coffe chocolate and nuts. Taste is quite nutty with caramel and toffee. Sweet. Ok

33cl bottle at the Kernel tap room, London, thanks to Leighton. It pours a dark copper color with a medium beige head. Aroma is sweet with notes of caramel, milk chocolate and bread dough. Taste is medium sweet, with more notes of caramel, bread, dried fruits, and spices in the finish. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Overall, ok