UPDATED: JUN 25, 2020 Roasted malts. Dark chocolate. Not too sweet. Creamy mouthfeel. Smooth. Dry finish. Moderate bitterness. Don't really like the punch of liquorice at the end. Shudders....

UPDATED: JUN 10, 2019 2019 bottle from Dan Murphy's Butler Nice stout, not very sweet, taste of heavy malts and burnt caramel. Subtle finish.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2018 Bottled. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, oats, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of oats, roasted malt, and chocolate, leading to a bitter finish.

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2018 Appearance: jet black, slight head Aroma: light coffee and roast malts Palate: medium mouthfeel, low carbonation Taste: roast burnt malts, coffee, fairly bitter on aftertaste Overall: not bad

UPDATED: NOV 4, 2018 Taster at Union Hotel, Newtown. Pours a jet black with a beige head. Aroma: roasted malt, oats, mild cocoa notes. Taste: roasted malt, cocoa, oats, mild earthy flavours. Medium bodied. Smooth. This was quite decent.

Bottle at Paus Craft Beer Bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a frothy tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, light chocolate, coffee, liqouirce. The flavour is moderate sweet, light liquorice bitter with a dry roasty coffee, chocolate, charcoal, liquorice dry light floral hop palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

33cl bottle at the Paus, KL. Thin tan head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of coffee. Tasty

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2021 Rating from old records. From bottle in shaker. A smooth easy-drinking stout, nicely balanced w/a bit of bitterness in the end.

UPDATED: DEC 4, 2017 330 ml bottle. Appears opaque black, with a moderate but transient head of sticky tan froth. Aromas are subdued, especially when cold, but there are roasted malts, chocolate and a little coffee. Taste is similar, sweet mixed with bitter in the finish, roasted dark malts, and chocolates mainly. Some carbonation sting, but smooth and medium bodied mouthfeel overall.

Draught @ The Local Taphouse, Sydney, Australia. Pours black with huge brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, caramel, light dark chocolate. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, roast malt, caramel, coffee, dark chocolate. Medium body, soft carbonation, dry and light bitter finish. 100317