Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, some chocolate, dark fruits, raisins, herbs. Flavour is sweet, a little boozy, with a light bittersweet finish. Smooth and lovely winter brew.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

28.12.2024, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, yeast, fruit stones, booze, caramel malts, dried dark fruits, butterscotch, almond essence, bark. Taste is harsh sour-ish boozy, bark, fruit stones, booze, yeast, soil, medicine, cardboard, almond essence, dusty dark fruits, sour-ish roasted grain, cellar. Longlasting harsh bitterness, harsh boozy mouthfeel. Drainpour.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

29.12.2024, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, yeast, caramel malts, raisins, bark, fruit stones, broth, almond essence, soil, alcohol, sawdust. Taste is harsh sour-ish boozy, bark, booze, yeast, almond essence, caramel malts, fruit stones, soil, raisins, cardboard, butterscotch. Medium to longlasting bitterness, harsh sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Meh!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

30.12.2024, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice bubbly-creamy longlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, fruit stones, yeast, soil, bark, alcohol, raisins, almond essence, minerals, caramel malts, spices, cardboard, plastic. Taste is harsh metallic, bark, booze, yeast, metal tank, soil, fruit stones, cardboard, medicine, spices. Longlasting hash bitterness, boozy and medical mouthfeel. Crap!

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Coppery brown colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is dates, figs, som plum and mild caramel with alcohol and mild spiciness to it too. Flavour is sweet dried fruits, some burnt sugar, mild caramel and some toasted tones as well as mild spiciness too.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

There's a little touch of something at the end. Very tasty and good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Coppery brown head, small off-white foamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is caramel, spices, mild alcohol and some dried fruits and a bit raisins as well. Flavour is quite similar to the aroma, but has a rather nice drinkability to it. A bit sweet, but not overly so.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter fantastic flavor. Long great harmonic finish. Creamy palate. Fantastic.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Craig's. Pours deep reddish with bits, nose is bready, caramel, Clove, aniseed, taste is malty, bread, toffee, spice.