UPDATED: OCT 11, 2021 Bottle. A- Olives, cocoa, roasty. A- Black color, black liquid, light brown head. T- Roasty, char, mild bitterness, cocoa. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, dry finish. O- This was very traditional but good. Got a lot of an olive note that I have no idea where it came from.

UPDATED: FEB 1, 2021 12 ounce bottle. Bottled on 08/24/20. Opaque black color. Frothy tan head. Roasted malt aroma. Hints of burnt sugar and licorice. Flavor is deep, dark roasted malt. Notes of treacle and black licorice. Quite intense. Big hoppy finish.

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2020 Bottle pours opaque very dark brown, with tan head. Full bodied and creamy. Roasted malt, coffee and licorice aroma. Chocolate coffee and burnt malt taste, medium bitter finish. Definite thumbs up!

UPDATED: MAR 8, 2020 Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up in the US. Bottle aged about 7 years or so. Pours deep brown, clear, with a modest, foamy beige head. A nice blue collar impy stout, not overly sweet, lots of ashy roast, spent tobacco, scorched earth, baking cocoa. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish, dry and ashy, more sturdy roast, charcoal. Good stout.

UPDATED: MAY 10, 2019 12 oz bottle. Black pour with a big dense khaki head. Aroma is very roasty with coffee, deep cocoa, vanilla, wood, leather, prune, and earthiness. Terrific aroma. Taste adds considerable earthy bitterness, some smoke, and maybe walnut.

UPDATED: MAY 3, 2019 355ml bottle. Pours black with a big creamy tan head. Liquorice, coffee, roast, cream, milk chocolate, toast. Decent body. Good.

UPDATED: FEB 20, 2019 Opaque brown, covering lace. Full body, smooth texture, moderate flavor, well carbonated but well disguised heat, very good length, bitter but pleasant finish taste. Bitter, dry, crisp. Dry roast flavors, good dose of roast barley,, coffee, earthy, . Well structured but rather simple flavor. Imposing, great in its own way. . ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours thick, oily black, with three finger, dark tan head. Aroma is cocoa, light caramel and light roast. Taste is chocolate and caramel, moving to coffee and strong roast. Finish is roast. A very well done imperial stout.

Bottle [from trade thanks!] @ home shared with Dutchdrebus. Opaque pitch black color, medium to full sized beige to mocha colored head. Aroma is malts, dark malts, some roast. Taste malts, softly roasty, roast bitter a bit. Hmm don't get much more. Quite solid, but I had higher hopes somehow.

Bottle @ benzai. Black with a small beige head. Smells coffee, roasty, caramel, Haagse hopjes. Tastes coffee, Haagse hopjes, caramel, sweet. Medium to full body, soft carbo.