Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, vanilla, fruity, honey, taste is dry, sweet, fruity, oaky, hint of whisky.

cask at bat ... deep black ... small tan head ... soft chocolate ... oft brettish nose ... dark chocolate ... mellow roast ... again brettish tones .. soft whiskey ... mellow smooth ... interesting but not my thing...only lightest fruit... its either the whisky or something bretty dominating Bottle at home.. Jan 2015 ...Deep black.. Small tan head... Dark chocolate roast malts... Sift fruits.. Mellow malts nose... Dark roast dark malts.. Chocolate roast.. Big sweet fruits... Plummy.. Dark berries... Maybe even damsons :-) nice 4.1 really come into its own.. You know whisky has mellowed off leaving softest tones... Oh yeah. I really hope ive another Turns out i do, but hadnt realised id had one so recenlt. this is probably it :-( ...Sept 2015 ... dark black ... thin tan lacing ... soft chocolate roast malt nose.. ligh fizz ... dark fruit .. soft damsons ... light creamy vanilla ... mellow chocolate 4.1

Bottle thanks to Jack at the 0-65% tasting. It pours very dark ruby with a medium tan head. The nose is Dandelion & Burdock, dark fruit...prune, plum, roasted malt, caramel/toffee and a touch of vanilla. The taste is Dandelion & Burdock, roasted malt, light sourness, medicinal aspect, plum skin, prune, grape skin, alcohol warmth, hint of vanilla and some alcohol warmth in the finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and slightly sticky mouth-feel. Pretty tasty actually.

Bottle at the 0-65% Tasting, London - thanks to Jack for sharing. Pours dark brown with a big, beige cream head. Lightly medicinal nose, some dark malts. Medium sweet flavor with prominent wood, alcohol, lots of medicinal character, astringency, faint earth. Full bodied with fine carbonation and somewhat oily. Lightly warming to finish, still oily, some charred wood, light tangy dark malts. Very unimpressive. I like Hawkshead and expected much more.

11th December 2012
The 0-65 tasting. Four guys, fourteen beers, average abv 12.9%, 65 mins! Think this one was Jack - cheers ears! Almost clear dark brown beer, tiny pale tan head. Smooth palate. Tangy dark malt, light and fruity - very slightly sour. Not getting huge amounts of vanilla but it smooths out the dark malt. All right. A bit more vanilla at the very end.