Bottled. Pitch black colour with a mediumsized off-white foamy head. Aroma is floral, spicy, some mild dried fruity tones with mild alcohol and some chocolate. Flavour is syrupy sweetness with some dried fruits, plum, mild alcohol and chocolate with some spices and mild toffee tones too.

Courtesy of the tot box. Not terribly oxidised but a hint spicy phenolic. Plenty of white pepper corns. Quite ok and better than expected.

Sample, brown bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, savoured on October 14 2015; eye: dark brown, opaque, ring of brown head, light lacing; nose: malt, caramel, alcohol, anise, Belgian yeast, roasted barley; mouth: malt, caramel, alcohol, anise, Belgian yeast, roasted barley, finale in roasted barley with presence of anise, medium-full body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, savourée le 14 octobre 2015; œil : brun foncé, opaque, anneau de mousse brune, légère dentelle; nez : malt, caramel, alcool, anis, levure belge, orge torréfiée; bouche : malt, caramel, alcool, anis, levure belge, orge torréfiée, finale en orge torréfiée avec présence d’anis, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : correct

Flaska från SB. Drygt 3 år gammal (obviously). Tucker att den har lite för många dåliga ålderstecken: lite unken källare, mögel och blöt kartong, för att vara riktigt okej. Alkoholen är också väl dold, ja den känns t o m en aning platt. Har druckit fantastiska lite ålder Santas tidigare. Det här var inte av dem. Tyvärr.

Bottle: Poured a deep brown color ale with a large foamy head with some retention. Aroma of residual sugar notes with some dry plums notes and some caramel notes is pretty enjoyable. Taste is also dominated by dry plums notes with some caramel malt, some light chocolate and dry fruits notes. Body is pretty full with good carbonation with no real apparent alcohol. Interesting beer that did age pretty well.

A dark brown ale with a thin lacing brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light chocolate, fruity esters, treacle, maple syrup, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a sweet caramel malt with light treacle, scotch character, grassy hops, alcohol warmth, nice. Bottle from Spinrsx.

From the very old notes, hence this is not a real rating, but more just a mark to myself that I have tried this at one point. Tried it when it was young and it was too sweet and too boozy even for me. Still decent brew.

330ml bottle at home. Dark brown almost black color with beige head. Roasted malty aroma, caramnel, chocolate, spicy, yeasty, hoppy. Sweet and light bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.