A nightcap by the lake. The night crawls gradually in and starts a magical show of the nature. Night birds making interesting melodies. Fish popping up from the water and making splashy sounds. Bats stealthing silently just above the water level and catching their nightly dose of insects. Talking about insects... mosquitoes are not very many but even the more annoying. 🦟 But let me forget about the mosquitoes and focus my attention on the beer. Looks very turbid. The color is very deep dark brown with a strong maroon tinge. A decent tawny head emerges on the top and melts rapidly away. The scent offers promising aromas: the first wave brings in dark chocolate, crushed cacao beans and sweet cherry pralines. A shy proposal of sweet red wine pops up in the second wave. And eventually, the third and last wave unleashes Amaretto, not the alcohol part of it but the almond. Interesting! The gustatory universe... whoaah... my goodness! Now we have red wine! And it's not sweet. But dry. Cherry is much less prominent now. Not particularly sweet either, rather like cherry mash with all the skins in it. Dark chocolate and raw cacao powder are now auxiliary components. The body should clock big. But it doesn't. Maybe medium. Ish. Alright. Not superimpressive though. The finish is truly dry with red wine and soaked oak barrel. Maybe a hint of raw cacao powder but definitely no chocolate. I'm intrigued to say that no cherry either. I don't know. But absolutely no almond at this stage. The mouthfeel is medium, relatively dry, barrel aged, vinous and drying. It's somewhat woody, harsh and raw. I like the unpredictability and layers. However, I'm afraid that the potential is not fully untapped here.

This beer looks opaque black. The carbonation works on a timid side. A modest chocolatey lacing can be spotted on the surface just before it dies away. The nose takes one step back because of a powerful scent: strongly floral, obviously rose (judging from the name...), and therefore perfumy. Other components are raspberry praline, dark chocolate, cacao nibs and green apple. Hope the gustatory profile doesn't scare the hell out of my tastebuds. Whooaah! This is really interesting: rose, apparently. But I associate it heavily with strawberry mash. A bit sourish even. What?? Sweet red apple, dark chocolate, cacao nibs, lactose, cane sugar, marshmallow. A dash of vanilla. Strange. I honestly didn't expect some of those elements. The body is medium. Should be sturdier for the ABV. Sweet aftertaste. Rosey. Strawberry chocolate praline. Yeah. The mouthfeel is medium, sappy, lip-glueing, perfumy and fragrant. Soft and smooth. Somewhat odd. Credits for innovativeness although this is not necessarily too successful.

Muddy black beer. Can't go wrong. Looks thick. Dark chocolate, cream, bags of vanilla ice cream, as if peanut butter.. but no. Tons of cacao nibs. Chocolate, cacao nibs, Bourbon, coconut, lactose, brown sugar and vanilla in the taste. Alcohol is not wholly hidden. Full body but not enormous. Feels full though. Sticky, desserty, deep, medium-intense, barrel aged. Not as beautiful as yesterday's #21 but still flavorful.

Murky, very deep dark brown beer. Almost black. A fawn lace ring on the top. Plum mash both in the scent and the taste. Roasted malt, faint licorice and a whisper of alcohol follow. And oak nuances. Feels full, deep, warming, barrel aged, distantly alcoholic.

Misty orange beer. A truly creamy head. Long duration. Strawberry and mandarin in the scent. Strawberry shrinks on the tastebuds. Mandarin increases. A hint of lemon and green grape. Light, zesty, slightly tart, sparkling. Interesting but no need to revisit.