UPDATED: MAR 23, 2024 Pours still black into a snifter. Mocha head recedes to nothing. Chocolate, pit fruit and smoke aromas. Thick with vanilla, cocoa and licorice front to back. Lasting sweet mocha finish.

UPDATED: JUL 28, 2023 Bottle. Black body. Frothy brown head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted grain, figs, prunes, vanilla. Heavily sweet to start. Moderately bitter finish. Syrupy/creamy texture. Soft carbonation. Alcohol taste in the finish. Very nice in smaller quantities.

UPDATED: JUL 8, 2023 Good beer, only a small taster at end if keg, worth having another, it tastes quite neutral for the style, in a good way. Beer temple ams

UPDATED: JUN 8, 2023 Tap at the BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 8th June 2023. Pours a black stout. Aroma is molasses, chocolate. Taste is umami, chocolate, burnt sugar and molasses, vanilla. Classic and old school imperial, lovely

UPDATED: APR 25, 2023 Poured from the tap. Near black with small tan head. Feint leather and licorice, a touch inky, medium body. Just okay. At least it hides the alcohol.

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2023 On tap, RØØR in Oslo. Kind of dark but I guess it’s very dark brown/black with a thin white bubbly foam. Carbonation light for the keg, not a bad thing (a cask of this would indeed be something). Deep dark spicy roasty aroma, plus malt loaf. Taste goes through toffee, milk chocolate, hint of coffee, a mild marmite, just a touch of hop. A little oxidised. Overall it is good and complex.

UPDATED: FEB 25, 2023 25cl van de tap bij Zeezicht, Breda Alcoholpercentage van 11,8% Uitgetapt in Cigar City glas Uiterlijk: Zwart met kleine crèmekleurige schuimkraag Aroma en smaak: chocolade, goed droppig, gebrande mouten, roasty bitterheid.

UPDATED: OCT 14, 2022 Bottle 2019, shared courtesy of rennat42, thanks Tanner. Poured black with a tan head. Aroma of tobacco, roasted dark malt, chocolate. Taste was sweet, dark roasted malts, coffee, tobacco, molasses, sour fruit, cherry, a spicy element. Nice one.

UPDATED: OCT 11, 2022 Bottle. A- Roasty, mild licorice, tobacco, mild dark fruit. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Roasty, cocoa, char, mild anise, faint bitterness, molasses. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- 3 years old and definitely old school. 10-15 years ago, this was world class and it really is a fine beer, but it's definitely become a beer of the past now. Well balanced and well brewed, but I think I'd like the variants better. I am an adjunct addict these days.

UPDATED: SEP 2, 2022 From Gabie. Black dark foam.sweet, raisin alcohol in the aroma. Sweet, raisins, vanilla, chockolate, nice mild bitterness in the aftertaste