341 ml bottle, at Cardinal, Stavanger. ABV is 13%. Mahogany colour, small off-white to beige head. Pleasant malty aroma, also notes of oak, port wine and dark dried fruits. The flavour has some malty sweetness as expected, but is not overly sweet or cloying. You get the same elements as in the aroma, distinctly oaky, but also with a distinct hop bitterness in the finish. It is permitted to share the bottle between two persons, but I had no problem polishing off the bottle on my own.

Dark brown pour with mahogany hues, and a medium beige head. Dark brown sugar, burnt sugar, coffee, boozy fruit cake, and strong boozy, bready malts. Oily, thick mouth feel, soft carb. The finish is very sweet, but has a long bitter butter finish also. Boozy malts, all sorts of burnt sugars with more hints of coffee. Not as boozy as I expected, but it’s still a real sipper.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at Broue Ha Ha on October 21, 2022, savoured on November 25, 2022; eye: dark brown, opaque, no effervescence, small ring and island of beige head, no lacing; nose: fruity, malt, alcohol, light spices, light caramel; mouth: fruity, malt, alcohol, light spices, caramel, alcohol warmth, metallic, medicinal, metallic finale with presence of alcohol, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; in summary: fair FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée chez Broue Ha Ha le 21 octobre 2022, savourée le 25 novembre 2022; œil : brun foncé, opaque, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau et île de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : fruité, malt, alcool, léger épices, léger caramel; bouche : fruité, malt, alcool, léger épices, caramel, chaleur d’alcool, métallique, médicinale, finale métallique avec présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : correct

Medium brown colour. The aroma has a light toffee, but also a little bit more like tomato with slight dark sugar notes. It seems a bit thin for the size, definitely some toffee and dried fig, but not the huge, complex monster I had sort of expected.

341mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out caramel, dark fruits, and some booze. Flavour is quite heavy, with caramel, bready malt, booze, and some dark fruits. Boozy, but nut detractingly so. Very nice.

A reddish copper ale with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity banana malt with cloves and loads of alcohol warmth, light treacle, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with banana esters, treacle, light butterscotch, loads of alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at IBU 2016.

Où, Quand, Comment : Bouteille, dégustée le 9/2/2014.
Visuel : Couleur : ambrée-brune foncée. Apparence : claire.
Arôme : Caramel sucré, fruité (fruits confits), alcool, notes de chocolat noir et de toffee.
Goût : En entrée de bouche : Goût fruité sucré (fruits foncés confits, notes de petits fruits). Une dominante maltée de caramel sucré aux notes rôties est présente avec légère amertume d’alcool réchauffant ainsi qu’avec un léger goût de toffee sucré.
En bouche : Corps : moyen-rond. Effervescence : douce-moyenne. Texture : moyennement liquoreuse. Finale : moyenne, composée d’une chaleur d’alcool avec un résiduel sucré et aux notes fruitées et épicées.