Deep dark brown coloured body with a pretty nice, lighter caramel and toffee coloured base along with an amber glow and a fairly thick, three to four centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of alcohol, pitted fruits, caramel, toffee, apricots, caster sugar, treacle, golden raisins and a dash of pure yeast, but very strong throughout with the malt very evident. Full-bodied; Very rich malt flavours shine through everything with a lot of body to get past, but the sugars here are strong as well and provide a good balance with the earthiness and strong yeast notes. Aftertaste is rich throughout with alcohol, pitted fruits, residual sugars, yeast, bread and some slight rustic notes here, with the alcohol noticeable, but perhaps a bit less than expected (still strong). Overall, a nice and robust beer with a ton of flavours, a good layer of yeast and breadiness, but the malt is strong, as are the sugars, with a complexity from the grainy, nutty and rustic flavours, but good throughout. Overall, an enjoyable beer that hits nicely and perhaps would be better after even more time, but this still worked out nicely, and despite the punch of the ABV, was well-received. I sampled this 75 cL bottle, purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 18-April-2018 for US$8,99 sampled at my house here in Washington, as I hosted my family for Christmas, on 25-December-2021.