9.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

2009 bottle, thanks Ryan!

Pours a deep brown, looks like flat cola. Aroma us super complex! Oak, dark fruits, plums, figs, dates, vanilla, mollasses, brown sugar and booze. Flavour is very rich, the alcohol warms and actually tingled. The carb is super low but works well. Super complex but so enjoyable. There is a great sweet brown sugar vanilla finish that sticks and us wonderful. Amazing stuff!

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Three Penny Taproom, Montpelier, tap: pours dark with small beige head. Aroma is cognac, wood, candy, hefty malt, dark fruitiness. Taste is super malty, sharp booziness, sweetness, low bitterness. Hefty sipper.

8.3

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

Bottle. This is the stuff. Pours a dark brown, almost black, off white thin head. Aromas of bourbon, caramel malt, brown sugar, coffee, booze. Taste is very bourbon up front, roasted coffee, slight caramel malt, booze, yeast, earthyness.

8.8

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

Bottle @ DTS. Raisinny porto notes, hint of armagnac in the aroma. Dark chocolate and oak in the flavor. Slightly alcoholic, vinous, brandy, raisin, Great complexity, exceptionally balanced. A great sipping beer. Thanks jbrus, for sharing.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Meadhall, Boston. Vintage 2015. Colour is dark brown with small slightly brownish head. Aromas and flavors: Chocolate, some sweetness, some sugary sweetness, dry fruits, raisins, rum, some alcohol and malts. Little bit of too boozy.

8.5

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

Tap@Fermentoren, Copenhagen - Dark brown with small beige ringed head. Sweet malty with a plethora of dark dried fruit, caramel and toffee, some fudge, brown sugar, rouch of vanilla with resonating wooden brandy soaked notes into the finish.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce prowler into snifter, filled on 11/4/2017. 2017 vintage, 14.5%. Pours slightly hazy very dark brown color with a thin light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a spotty lace cap that lingers. Slight spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big raisin, prune, plum, fig, cherry, date, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, brandy, rum, toasted oak, and brown bread; with light notes of coconut, smoke, molasses, leather, tobacco, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Touch of booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malts, fruity yeast, and brandy barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, prune, plum, fig, cherry, date, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, brandy, rum, toasted oak, and brown bread; with light notes of coconut, smoke, chocolate, molasses, leather, tobacco, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal hop and brandy/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark fruits, cherry, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, brandy, rum, toasted oak, brown bread, coconut, light chocolate/molasses, leather, tobacco, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, fruity yeast, and brandy barrel flavors; with a nice malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness. Very mild carbonation and full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/rich, and lightly velvety/slick/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Alcohol is extremely well hidden; a mildly increasing warmth with zero barrel barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic English barelywine! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, fruity yeast, and brandy barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV and very mild carbonation. Amazingly balanced between all flavors. Awesome barrel integration and complexity; without being overly boozy, tannic, or drying. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

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