Bottle, bought in 2015, no dates. Pours black with a short lived head. Aroma is Scotch, barrel, booze, toffee, caramel, coffee. Body is a wee heavy, sweet and strong, with a milky texture and a soft carbonation. Chocolate, booze, toffee, coffee. Long boozy and warming palate. Very good!

Appearance- very very dark brown, mahogany, a light brown head of around one finger. Aroma- cherry, liqueur chocolate, dark fruit, more cherry, malty brown bread, stewed dark fruit, vanilla traces. Taste- caramel, chocolate, dark toasty malt, almond, cherry skin, boozy dark fruit undertones, slightly burnt toast, raisins, treacle toffee. Full and sticky mouthfeel, chewy, with boozy warmth. Very good.

Vintage bottle of a few years old. Thick, dense, creamy, frothy, pale yellowish beige head over a very dark but still translucent burgundy brown beer with purplish hue. Aroma of stewed plums, caramel, baked banana, toffee, cocoa powder, port wine, mocha, pear syrup, dry tea leaves, hint of bayleaf, touch of onsetting oxidation. Soft fruity onset (hints of fig, raisin, blue plum) with a touch of blackberry sourishness and residual brown sugar sweetness, softish carbo; thick, ’fluffy’, ’moelleux’ and full mouthfeel. Notably caramelly and toffeeish malt middle with ongoing brown sugar sweetness leading to a softly toasted bitterish ending with faint coffee-like features as well as a touch of herbal hop bitterness; oxidation is there and returns retronasally, but in this luscious environment, I cannot be bothered by it. This is a deliciously rich beer, Scotch indeed if you count in the roasted bitterish accent, but it remains a subtle addition, so that the whole feels more like a quadrupel than like a true wee heavy to me. Regardless, this is a beautiful sipper by all standards.

Kirkas, tummanruskea ja hyvin pienesti vaahtoava olut. Tuoksu paahteinen, karamellisen maltainen ja hennon kuivahedelmäinen sekä tamminen. Oikein nautinnollinen tuoksu. Maku tamminen, vaniljainen, makean karamellinen ja kuivahedelmäinen sekä hennon katkera. Täyteläinen suutuntuma, makea ja matalahiilihappoinen. Mausteisempi kuivattava ote loppupuolella tasapainottaa hyvin kokonaisuutta. Hienoinen alkoholisuus toimii tässä.

Draft at the source on 6/30/2016. Dark brown/mahogany with a light beige head. Aroma of malt, wood, caramel and booze. Taste is malt, toffee, caramel, oak, alcohol, and light smoke. Excellent.

Bottle. Brown-ruby color, creamy foam. Aroma: wine, special malt, caramel, fruit, dried fruit. Taste: wine and malt, dried fruit, alcohol, prunes, port wine, powerful, good.