(Bottle) Pours black. The aroma is of tar, salt liquorice, coffee, dark chocolate and prunes. The flavour is heavily roasted with tones of coffee and dark bitter chocolate alongside some citric hops. Medium to heavily bitter and dry. Medium to full bodied.

(6/29/08) Bottle sample at RBESG08 grand tasting in Plzen. Black-colored. Aroma of roasted malt and quite a lot of hops with some citrus notes. Flavor starts a bit sweetish and malty and finishes with a lot of juicy hoppiness. Medium to full-bodied.

Bottled @ RBESG Grand Tasting 2008. Pours black with a small tan head. Quite roasted with notes of malt, coffee, chocolate and a hint of liqourice.

Bottle, Opened and consumed at Merton Summer BF 2008 - big thanks to Mes. A beautiful looking beer; black with a frothy coffee coloured head. The aroma has chocolate, fruit, light roast and a hint of sourness. Full bodied in the mouth with lots of roasted malts. Caramel, chocolalte and fruit, and maybe a little too much soy sauce. Quite heavy but very enjoyable.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Pours an opaque black with a creamy, light brown and lacing head. Aroma of burned malt and good aroma hops. Medium body with very burned malt accents and a little vanilla. Burned malt bitter finish. 300308