Bottle shared at Dadsgiving, thanks to whomever brought this number along, 24/11/13. Hazed chestnut brown with a moderate tan covering. Nose is dark toffee, sugars, woody bourbon, sweet fudge, light booze. Taste comprises candied sugars, toffee fudge, subtle bourbon, oaky, druity tang. Full bodied, fine carbonation, sweet booze laced closure. Nice BA barley wine.

Bottle 22fl.oz.[ Courtesy of fiulijn ]. Light unclear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, alcohol, resin, bourbon, laberlarver, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, laberlarver, alcohol, buzzy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20130315]

Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a slightly hazy dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty vanilla bourbon caramel aroma. Sweetish malty spicy bourbon and caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty woody vanilla and bourbon finish.

Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Dark brown/amber with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted, little bourbon, little oak with notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, warming, bourbon, oak, notes of alcohol, spices and wood.

22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy deep amber with a small off white head. Aroma is wooden, caramelish and light herbal. Dry caramelish and wooden, tanin. Sweet, caramelish and tanin wooden. Dry wooden and malty finish.

Bottled. A red beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a hazy nutty brown with a small off-white head. Spicy, boozy nose, quite some barrel notes. Very rich body, thick caramel and toffee, rough barrel notes, glue and wood. Very boozy finish. Quite too much wood - and booze. 150313

Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Hazy reddish amber with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with heavy alcohol. Boozy. 150313

650mL bottle, pours a dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma is full of bourbon barrels, vanilla, oak, loads of booze, and caramel malts. Flavour is incredibly boozy, with loads of vanilla, bourbon, oak and booze, secondary notes of dark fruits, caramel malts and more booze. Did I mention this was boozy? Certainly complex and somewhat elegant, but the booze detracts big time from this. Ridiculously boozy - did I mention this? Feels like it's close to 20%. Decent stuff, though very difficult to drink to its booziness. Maybe sitting on this for a year or more will conceal some of the rough edges.

2018-01-22, bottle from Legacy, Vancouver, 5 years old, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Dark caramel, burn sugar and darks malts, strong elements in the aroma and flavor, nice fruit touch from the malts, the bourbon is barely noticeable, there are minor signs of oxidization.
Beautiful.

2017-04-24, bottle from Legacy Liquor Store, Vancouver, 5 years old, 7-5-8-4-16=40
Aroma of malts, caramel, some oak barrel, hint of cardboard. Juicy malts, fudge, some chocolate, hints of bourbon, leading to a warm alcohol final.
Big nutty boozer.

2012-12-24, bottle from Legacy Liquor Store, Vancouver, 6-5-8-4-16=39
So, the guys at Driftwood have traveled and discovered that with wax all over the cap of the bottle they can seriously annoy the customers. The color is dark mahogany, with small compact head, and nice lace. Mild aroma of caramel and apple peel, unexpected and weird. Very good caramel and malt flavor, with a touch of chocolate; full bodied, with a good amount of sweetness but not thick or syrupy; some fruity impression (it becomes more evident if the beer is paired with salty and savory food); there is a pleasant alcohol kick, more evident that the light Bourbon vanilla touch; mild nuttiness in the end, and more alcohol.
Good beer, but less good than the original, and not very elegant with all that booze. Mixed feelings…