UPDATED: DEC 14, 2023 Bottle @Luppolo Station (Rome). Bruna, torbida, schiuma assente. Al naso note di caramello, frutta secca, datteri, mela grattugiata, etilico, leggero affumicato, tabacco, salsa di soia. In bocca è abboccata, caramello, leggero vinoso, amaro a bilanciare. Corpo pieno, carbonazione soft. Non male, pur con una leggera ossidazione.

UPDATED: OCT 6, 2023 Bottle, 2022 vintage. Pours dark brown to black. Caramel, biscuit, smoke, smoked brisket, peat, toffee, cherry syrup, hefty smoke. Nice oily body. Really good.

UPDATED: SEP 21, 2023 Vintage 2022, alc. 11.5%. A black beer, almost without head. Aroma has raisin, other dried fruitness, smokyness, barrel, also alcohol, but it fitts nicely to this strength. Taste has richness of malts, smokyness, barrel, light dried fruitness of raisin and bourbon. Full bodied, not stickyness. Powerful, slightly boozy, quite complex. Well, this is very tasteful beer.

UPDATED: MAY 5, 2023 Bottle. 2022 bottling. Pours an opaque dark brown color with no head. The aroma is big and bold with black licorice and whiskey barrel. The taste, like the aroma, is over the top anise, leather, dark fruits and whiskey. The palate is full, oily and viscous. Carbonation is minimal. Finishes long and semi-sweet with ripe plums. Overall: decent brew. Another great concoction from a legendary brewer. Paired well with some beemster swiss.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2022 Tap at Brewdog Manchester. Dark brown shade with no head. Flavours are soy sauce, earth, cocoa, tobacco. Quite complex. Waited a while to try this and maybe it didn’t live up to the hype.

UPDATED: NOV 13, 2022 2022 made, last year batch (Maybe) medium or heavy body, bourbon, vanilla, soy source, floral,

UPDATED: DEC 24, 2021 From a 12 oz bottle with a huge thanks to Solidfunk for this one. Pours a clear cola with an off white head. Aromas are of toffee and pit fruits. Flavors are sweet toffee. Smooth and delicious.

UPDATED: DEC 24, 2021 Bottle at share: pours brown with beige head. Aroma is tobacco, caramel, toffee, some distant fruitiness, liquor. Taste is sweet, some light bitter note, hella malty. Large, deep and complex.

UPDATED: DEC 24, 2021 Tobacco, caramel and orange. Brownish pour with ok head. Oily consistency. A hint of lavender. Proper balance and something wonderful from the old school. Bottle.

UPDATED: AUG 15, 2021 Very dark brown with almost no head. Aroma is woody, brown sugar, dark fruit, caramel, lightly smoky, and tobacco. Heavy sweet and light/medium bitter. Heavy body, oily feel with soft carbonation.