Bomber bought @ Systembolaget. Pours hazy deep brownish golden with a frothy offwhite head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick sticky lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet and fruity with sweet dark bread, overripe peaches and apricots, resinous wood, overripe pineapple, dry tobacco, alcohol, brown sugar, caramelized apples, plums and overripe grapes. Taste is very sweet, very bitter, floral and fruity with resinous wood, pine, freshly cut grass, mango, peaches, grapefruit rinds, caramel, alcohol, sweet dark bread, alcohol, moist soil, overripe plums, moist tobacco and brown sugar. Mouthfeel is sticky sweet, oily bitter, slightly boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with sweet dark bread, pine, resinous wood, grapefruit rinds, moist tobacco, fresh grass, dark honey, caramel and resinous wood. A bit over the top…

17th Anniversary on tap at the Stags Head, Manhattan - 01/03/12. Amber to brown in colouration with reddish hues and half a finger of frothy white head. On the nose - grapefruit, citrus, piney hops, wood and a whiff of alcohol. Malty sweetness sits well with the hop profile of this beer allied to wood notes. Full bodied, smooth and very drinkable.

16th Anniversary: A golden amber ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, light orange pulp with floral hops, a bit of oak and musty notes. In mouth, a nice vinous malt with light oak notes, nice and smooth, light grassy hops, aniseed notes, well aged. On tap at Sunset Grill, July 15, 2012.

17th Anniversary bottle at Bruce’s Housewarming Tasting. It pours fairly clear amber, with a thin beige head. The nose is wood, raisin, fig, varnish, resin, honey and caramel. The taste is resin, pine, leaf, underlying alcohol warmth, citrus, spice, orange, mango and syrup. Medium-full body and fine, slightly prickly carbonation. Quite hot, but enjoyable nonetheless.

27th September 2009
15th Anniversary. Hazy amber brown beer. Frothy off white head. Toffee vanilla nose. Semi soft palate. Rich malt with a toffee streak. A little wood vanilla but not particularly sweet. Rich hops but somewhat repressed. Aniseed alcohol at the finish. Nice but more of BA Barleywine methinks!

Draft @ Abraxas. Hazy amber colour. Thick head. The aroma us a bit chewy bur w woody and slightly spicy hops. Rich, chewy and woody w some alcohol late. Palate is heavy and chewy w dull hop and a geck of a lot of woody notes.

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