bottle at home ... drunk june 2014 ... copper .. thin tan lacing ... soft blackcurrant fruit nose ... soft sweet fruits ... dark malts .. soft roast ... sweet berry fruits ,..

Dunkel bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch schokoladig, röstmalzig, reife Früchte. Geschmack röstmalzig, schokoladig, reife Früchte, Kräuter, blumig.

Sweet fruity nose with dark fruits, cherries, berries, bit caramel, dough, and a lot of different spices: clove, ginger, cinnamon, anise. Opaque redbrown, foamy tan head, good lacing. Fresh sweet(bitter), fruity candy flavour, medium to heavy body. Fruity sweetness continues in finish with the spices coming back on the tongue. Never (artificial) sugary sweet but always fruity, very special indeed.

Hazy reddish brown, small head. Lots of spices, malts, grain, sourdough, light fruitiness. Medium sweet with light tart notes. Medium bodied, slightly thin feel. Interesting stuff.

First rating: Medium beige head. Hazy deep dark red, barely translucent, body with lots of visible particles. Fruity licorice and herbs aroma with cinnamon and cardamom notes. Dry-sweet toffee and vanilla fudge taste with roasty fruity notes. Full-bodied. Sharpish, slightly hot mouthfeel. Dryish licorice and lavender aftertaste with roasty herbal buttery notes. Interesting and unusual. Nice and highly drinkable, too. (0.33l bottle, from a cheese shop in Amsterdam.) 6,3,7,3,14=3.3

Second rating: Medium beige head. Deep dark red body with lots of big floaties. Fruity caramelly herbal aroma with anise and cinnamon notes. Dryish spicy herbal fruity taste with cinnamon and raspberry notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Dry cinnamon anise and spice aftertaste with raspberry notes. Nice, drinkable, unusual. (0.33l bottle, from Kihoskh, Copenhagen.) 7,3,6,3,13=3.3

2007 bottle, 750 ml with caged cork. Ready with a big Duvel glass in case of a gusher… but nope, not a problem this time. Pours reddish brown, fizzy like a soda, thin head. Smell is, um, like a rubber inner tube in the glass! Definitely, this got corked like a red wine. But a light herbal quality in the bottle. Wha hoppen? Okay, I can get past the nose and sip some of the beer, which is not as herbal as, well, other traditional ales, in fact, milder than some other old beers I’ve kept too long. So beyond the spoiled nose I find a slightly fruity ale, not too spicy and herbal, with a slight bit of tart marred by too much horseblanket. It’s a sign. I need to clear out my cellar!

Tap at Borefts ’13, 28/09/13. Extremely dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head. Nose is dark fruits, light spice, yeast esters, malty notes. Taste comprises toffee, dark malts, dark fruits, herbal, spice. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation. Solid gruit, one of the better ones I’ve had.

Bottle@Voldby Ølmesse - Dark brown/red pour with tan head. Sweet spicy grainy malts, caramel, dark dried fruits, backing of hop nuances with floral and herbal notes. Pretty impressive.