Bottle at ash's. Pours deep ruby, nose is cherry, caramel, malty, taste is sweet cherry, almond, caramel, fruity. 8/9/9/8/8

Deep brick red with a thin head. Sour cherry, light spice, deep caramel, prune, red fruits, raisin, wood, light vanilla. Full, slick body. Finish has a light twang to it. Very interesting and complex beer. A bit hard to pin down. Lovely.

Bottle thanks to Stuu666.
Appearance - deep brown but translucent.
Nose - dried fruit, maybe raisins or sultanas, then dried orange peel. Some cherry.
Taste - toffee, cherry and figs. Some desiccated coconut from the barrel at the very back end.
Palate - medium bodied, great acidity from the cherries, lightly boozy and persistent finish.
Overall - assume base is a strong ale. Great beer!

bottle at ashs ...deep red brown ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel crystal toffee malts nose ...dark sweet caramel toffee ..big sweet barley wine crystal ..bit a tiny amount of the Gijna in the linger

Bottle 0,33 ltr: Hazy dark amber colored with an sweet bitter taste and an subtle burn of alcohol. Hints of caramel, cherries, chocolate, spices, wood and the start was the cherry liquor present and gently fades away.

25th October 2025
Just a light haze on this dark amber - brown beer, a small bubbly tan head retreats to the rim of the glass in short order. Pretty light palate given the hefty abv, it's mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, fairly light bodied for this massive brew. A little caramel and cream, whisper of chocolate. A spicy boozy mid with some alcohol warmth. The back end brings smooth rich boozy cherry, both sweetish and fairly juicy. A smooth slightly viscous finish leaves a cherry spicy linger and a touch of candy cherry. Different. I don't think I have ever had a brew like this and, that has to be down to the highly unusual barrell. It's also bloody drinkable for the abv. I think I could have drunk a 750 of this without incident, well until I tried to stand up. Memorable beer from Menno the master.