Rating from September 2009, initially put in the wrong place its taken me 9 years to put things right! Bottle from Utobeer market stall. Pours dark brown with a beige head, vanishes swiftlly. Good carbonation. Aromas of toffee, vanilla, dates, raisins. Flavours of roasted malts, caramel, black treacle. licorice, bitter chocolate. Finishes bitter, malty and slightly hoppy. Not too bad.

Brown pour with thick head. Aroma is rye bread toast, at least it seems that way to me. Light malty flavour, the barrel doesn’t smack you in the face, ek se. Sweetish finish.

(tap) clear brown colour with a small brown head; faint aroma of stewed fruit; light smokey and fruity flavour, watery palate; bit strange, not bad

Sampled from the tap at NotB. Poured near clear amber brown with an off-white head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma had a good amount of rye, some slight spice, sweet grains, a bit of light fruit and a hint of alcohol. Flavor had smooth rye with some light spice with light fruits and caramel and a bit of alcohol coming out in the finish.

Tap @ OTH. Lucky to have this on tap. Thanks Tony. Pours amber, huge foam, beige head. Aroma oaky. fruity with sugary notes. Taste, sweet and tingly to the palate. Light fruity notes (apple), hoppy, some sugary malts. Mouthfeel and palate get the nice touch of oaky, close to a brandy barrel. Hard to believe the beer was only 5.6%.

On tap at the OTH (Oldsmar Tap House). It poured up very foamy and it took Tony a while to complete the tumbler fill. It ended up with a clear garnet body and quarter inch tan head with cool looking creamy looking lumpy layered foam top. The aroma was fairly light and consisted of mostly dry fruity wine notes followed by mild wood/oak and faint malts in the back. The taste was very similar. I had to strain to pick up the base beer notes behind the full fruity red wine like flavors, dry tannins and oak wood notes. At the finish the base beer started to show up but only in a supporting role bringing mild malty notes and even milder notes of citrus hops. Seems to be too smooth and mild a base beer for barrel aging. Or maybe it could be aged a little less to keep the beer notes from getting smothered.

Draft. Dark brown/black beer with an off-white head. Nice whiskey, malt, light roast aroma. Whiskey, malt, berry/stone fruit flavor with light roast. Medium bodied. Light roast, whiskey, malt, and fruit linger. Fruiteier than expected. Roast just works - doesn’t quite take away from the beer, but almost does.