“Arguably the most divisive beer ever made by us… If you love licorice, you’ll most likely love this beer, and if you don’t… well… we warned you!Aged on Nordic salmiak licorice and using natural licorice extract, this super limited edition of Nordjet is the only repeat variant of Ramjet ever made… all because we love licorice! Malt, salted licorice and whisky are a treat for adults only!”

Glassware: Teku.

Appearance: Pours an impenetrable black with a short brown cap resting on top. Good retention and healthy lace as we go.

Aroma: Holy moly we can smell that salted licorice from a mile away. We’re not massive fans of licorice but we’re not against it either. You could say we’re impartial. From the first whiff we now understand the warnings they gave in the description! Extremely potent wafts of salted licorice with notes of five spice, dark fruits, oak tannins and dark chocolate. Funnily enough we’re really diggin’ it.

Flavour: Ooft. This is probably where all the fence-sitters drop off. That insane amount of salted licorice was enjoyable on the nose but it steps a couple of notches here. We’re still hanging on for the ride though. Immense levels of salted licorice, aniseed, five spice, rich dark malt, oak, red wine tannins and warming booze from the get-go and all the way through to the long drawn out finish.

Mouthfeel: Thick and viscous. Full bodied, low Co2. The 11% ABV is noticeable but fairly well behaved.

Overall: As divisive as they said it’d be we’re still somehow undecided. It’s intense and we love that but man, if you don’t absolutely love licorice then you’ll absolutely hate this. No other way of putting it.