1 January 2026. Bottle from Stacks. Bottled: 7/4/2023. Vintage 2020.

Cloudy black,s table, thin, beige head. Aroma of fondant, chocolate ice cream, espresso, cigar, prune, brambleberry, black olive, charcoal, whisky. Taste has sweetish prune and fondant going over bitter coffee & tobacco with a vague hint of umami black olive. Peppery hops in the finish, ongoing roasted coffee notes, charcoal almost or charred wood, and a good dash of warming whisky alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Quite a prominent roasted, almost burnt flavour here.

Bottle shared thanls to sjogrolab. Black with tan head. Sweet malts, blackberries, strong whisky, vanilla, alcohol, herbs, toffee, alcohol, plums. Solid sweet, medium bitter and light sour. Full bodied with very boozy feel. Tasty stuff but quite boozy.

Brown bottle, 33 cl, bottled on 07/04/23, best before 07/04/28, 2020 vintage, batch 20230014, purchased at SAQ - Aylmer on 4 April 2025, enjoyed on 21 April 2025; appearance: black, opaque, no effervescence, small ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: malt, coffee, light sourness, light roasting, slight cocoa, retro-olfaction: alcohol; mouth: malt, coffee, light roastiness, slight cocoa, alcohol, light burnt flavour, alcohol warmth, slight woodiness, light whisky, light bitter hops, lightly dry finale in alcohol with presence of whisky, full-bodied, average carbonation, lightly bitter, slightly sweet, alcoholic and lightly rough texture; in summary: fine


FRANÇAIS


Bouteille brune, 33 cl, embouteillée le 07/04/23, meilleure avant 07/04/28, millésime 2020, lot 20230014, achetée à la SAQ - Aylmer le 4 avril 2025, savourée le 21 avril 2025; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, café, légère aigreur, légère torréfaction, très léger cacao, en rétro-olfaction : alcool; bouche : malt, café, légère torréfaction, très léger cacao, alcool, léger brûlé, chaleur d’alcool, très léger boisé, léger whisky, léger houblon amérisant, finale légèrement sèche en alcool avec présence de whisky, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture alcoolique et légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien

Only 15%. This is some nice whiskey barrel.