“Lekker is a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout dripping with vanilla from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, it balances sweet vanillin creaminess with bold caramel like oak, bourbon warmth and a smooth, rich chocolate layered finish. Lekker smaakt!”

Glassware: Snifter.

Appearance: As black as the ace of spades with two fingers of brown head forming on top. Good retention but scarce lacing as it ebbs.

Aroma: Smells really good. We were umming and ahhing over this as Good Land can be very inconsistent (not to mention expensive!) but we may just get some return on this one. The feature vanilla and bourbon barrels play a crucial role. The base stout is only passable so it’s the alluring scents of bourbon oak, vanilla, caramel, cinnamon spices and mocha which propels this aroma forward.

Flavour: Pretty damn good on first impressions. Very much like the aroma in the sense of a base stout that holds enough depth and brawn to entertain the amount of bourbon oak, vanilla and overall richness that it does. It gives off some heat through the mid – can’t blame it considering its ABV – along with a hint of bitterness, then shaping up for a long and drawn out finish full of bourbon/oak, vanilla, molasses, toffee and burnt caramel.

Mouthfeel: Slick, kinda oily and viscous. Low Co2, full bodied, and a well behaved 12% ABV.

Overall: Well, GL has re-entered in a very positive way. We were ready to write this brewery off for good until this. Some guidance from the likes of Deeds and these guys could be the next best BA impy stout masters.