Feisty 10% alcohol-fueled ‘ale brewed with spices’ (from French-bordered fishing town brewhouse) gets major lift from gooey black licorice resonation. Heavy anise influence takes full control ahead of rich Belgian chocolate spicing, noirish red grape wining and distant plum-raisin-prune snip, bringing tongue-coating black licorice uplift to the forefront. Strangely, the wafting compost pungency never consumes tertiary hazelnut coffee and chocolate liqueur illusions. Betters annisette as an after dinner relaxer.