UPDATED: NOV 11, 2023 In a blind taste test. Pours an amber color. Medicinal aroma. Slightly sweet. Wet leather.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2023 12 oz. can, 5.6% ABV, Canned on: 10/05/22 AROMA: Strong scent of hazelnuts followed by hints of brown sugar and milk chocolate. APPEARANCE: Pours a slightly-opaque dark brown with a medium-tan head that dissipates somewhat quickly and has zero lacing. Appearance-wise, the body is a fine looking beer, but the head could use a lot of improvement. TASTE: Ever-so-slightly sour on the front-end with a fair amount of hazelnut flavor. That is then followed by subdued chocolate and caramel flavors. The finish is lightly bitter with fading hazelnut flavors. MOUTHFEEL: It is medium bodied with a slightly rough texture. Carbonation seems a little above average. OVERALL: Not bad, but I don't think I would want to drink more than one of these at a time. Or at least, not without some kind of palate cleanser between beers. The reason being that I found the predominant hazelnut flavor to become 'tiring' as I was drinking the beer. The first half of the beer, I found quite enjoyable. But by the last half of the beer my taste buds were ready to be done with the beer.

UPDATED: SEP 17, 2022 Colore bruno con spiccata limpidezza, buona schiuma dal colore chiaro. L'aroma è intenso di nocciola e note leggermente tostate. Eccezionale. Purtroppo in bocca rimane le nocciola e il tostato, ma la birra è leggermente ossidata e ha anche sviluppato un tono acidulo; manca molto di corpo e di profondità. Finale non male, secco di nocciola. Purtroppo la conservazione può non essere stata ottimale; a Brewdog Bologna dalla spina era stata una delle migliori birre che avessi mai assaggiato.

UPDATED: JUL 23, 2022 Hazelnut and slight sweet chocholate malt aroma and flavor. Full bodied base brown. Lots of flavor and smooth. Very nice brown ale.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2022 Another beer that I've reviewed before and has been lost or something. I'm guessing about 20% of my reviews have disappeared. Anyway - I can't think of a better brown ale with a hazelnut twist. Everything is very well balanced and tuned.

UPDATED: DEC 8, 2021 12oz can, got from Doreca beer shop store @Rome Fiumicino drinking 08/12/2021 Canned 03/06/21 Pours a full slightly reddish-amber light brown with thin but creamy intense beige foam. Aroma of rich malt and caramel, bread, nuts slightly warm, hazelnut. Taste is slightly roasted malt and caramel, sweet enough and slightly tart, good sweet-light bitter balance, sweet hazelnut taste with notes of roast and caramel. Quite easy and drinkable, lightly hoppy finish which is nice, malty and hazelnut short finish, not too much aftertaste, i would say it's quite drinkable and ok tasting but a bit thin and watery. Surprisingly for the aroma the 5.6% abv go unnoticed. Light to medium body, smooth watery to oily texture and soft carbonation. Tasty enough and quaffable would like to have it again.

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2021 Klarmørk rødbrun farge med beige skum. Lukter maltnøtter og karamell. Søt. Malt,nøtter og litt kaffe i smak.

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2021 Bottiglia. Al naso arrivano indizi di nocciola. L'intensità olfattiva è elevata e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il mantello birroso superiore resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di apparenza pesantemente velata. Il colore è ambrato rossiccio carico tendente marrone. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è discreto. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata (dopo il terzo sorso amaro e la persistenza è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di facile beva. Il retrogusto è intenso. Sul palato si depositano caratteristiche di caramello, miele, crosta di pane, nocciola, frutta secca, un accenno di resinoso e agrumi.

UPDATED: AUG 6, 2021 Caramel, coffee and just enough hazelnut without overtaking the rest of the flavors.

UPDATED: JUN 20, 2021 Aroma: Malt with nuts and caramel. Flavour: Malty sweet with nuts and notes of caramel and berries. Aftertaste is nutty and malty sweet. Colour: Reddish brown with an offwhite head. From: Bottle @ AGoodCase webshop.