0.33 l bottle from 'Slik for Voksne', 2016 vintage, best before November 2026. Hazy, ruby with a few off-white bubbles on top of it. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity and a bit boozy aroma of strawberry jam, raisins, prunes, caramel, honey and some bourbon (?). Fairly sweet, malty, gently fruity taste of raisins, strawberry jam, prunes, vanilla, honey, bourbon and some orange peel, followed by a long, moderately bitter, gently boozy finish. Full body, almost oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Expectedly rich, saturating and boozy sipper, aged very well. One to enjoy in front of the fireside, not by the pool.

Aroma: Dried fruits with oak and sweet berries. Flavour: Sweet malt and sweet fruits with dried fruits and brown sugar. Aftertaste is very sweet with an alcoholic warmth. Colour: Dark orange brown with an offwhite head. From: Bottle as Thomas Hardy’s Ale Vintage 2016 bottle no.: 21468 (tasted 2022)

Pours a pretty murky dark orange, with just a thin layer of head that disappears very quickly. It's ok not to have much head with such abv, but the color is really unattractive. Not very intense aroma for such a strong beer. Strong chocolate notes, fruity notes (red/dried fruits), and a background alcohol/warming feel. Taste notes follow the aroma, with not too much depth in what you would except to be a complex beer. Also, not super defined, with a kinda vague fruitiness where i couldn't pick anything specific. Overall pretty sweet in both taste and aftertaste, but still well balanced. Clear but never overwhelming alcohol presence. Gets too earthy/muddy in the last sips. Dense bodied with quite light carbonation. Overall slightly creamy, but the beer somehow doesn't feel 'full'. The overall experience was certainly not unpleasant, but i was expecting much more.

Bottle from Systembolaget. (vintage 2015, bottle 7878) Hazy reddish/amber with almost no head. Sweet with caramel, dried fruit, malt and notes of warming alcohol. Quite nice.

Lovely amber looking beer with a small tan head on top Fine intensity in the aroma Not to sweet as this beer tend to be. Quite balanced Mellow fine carbonation level also. Pleasant and easy to drink Fine duration Quite port wine ish. Toffee, caramel malt, nutty and dried fruits Well masked alcohol level. [Bottle #05765 2017 vintage from Systembolaget in Sweden]

Flaska vintage 2015 från systembolaget. Brunröd utan skum. Doftar torkad frukt, karamell och lite blommor. Ganska mjuk men tung, söt alkohol rund beska.

Annata 2014. @ Birraio dell'anno 18.1.20

Thomas Hardy’s Ale 11.7% Bottle No. 28863 Vintage 2017 Damn that’s a huge beer. It’s a deep orange brown with virtually no head but a rich malty, plum and stone fruit aroma and a tobacco leaf malt caramel thing as well. Full bodied and velvety smooth, what I thought was smoke in the aroma is here in a tobacco, slightly peaty smoke, then ash and sweet oaky caramel. This went great with a Japanese curry.