Pours murky brown with no head.Nose shows brown sugar, golden syrup, figs, sultanas and some spicy clove notes. Really nice.Similar flavours but not as refined. More spicy cloves, brown sugar and figs but there’s some solvent-like alcohol in the finish.Completely flat, no carbonation whatsoever which ruins it.

Bottle, 13C. Lovely clear deep copper with an off white head that disappears quickly in a La Trappe glass but sticks around a bit longer in a more forgiving tulip. Aroma of raisins, figs, red wine, pickling spices. Slightly syrupy, prickly carbonation. Taste has caramel, dried fruit, plenty of alcohol, spices. Not much yeast presence although getting the sediment into the second helps. Quite Christmas ale like. Dries out a fair bit at the end leaving spices and some heat from the alcohol (which I don’t love but it not out of whack for this sort of thing). Was hoping the "incredibly small amount of dried chile" here would mean earthy fruity flavours like a mulato chile but there’s a lack of sweet fruity earthy depth. Not a knockout but enjoyable enough.