A deal with the Orla in Dalum. Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of caramel, vanilla, dried fruit and oak. Sweet malty flavour with dried fruit and oak and a touch of warming alcohol

Bottle @ A deal with Mr. Orla in Sanderslum. Pours Amber Brown with a bubbly head. Wauw. Super intense barrel and complexity. Licorice and Dark dried fruit. Fruity and vinous. Big sipper with Pleasant alcohol warmth.

Bottle: Poured a caramel orange with bubble. Aroma is huge toffee underlying booze and vanilla. Taste is super vanilla with toffee and malt.

Well, quite a journey to 10K. Bottle thanks to Todd via Jeff. Oh and Fortner opened it up. Haha. Anyway, pours a pitch black color with a small beige head. A huge hot nose, rum oak, raisins. Very smooth, the ABV is there but this brew is drinkable. Brown sugar, some toffee, raisins, big bourbon, sugary rum, oak. Damn good. Lovely. Cheers guys, thanks. Here's to 10K more. And me surviving it.

2017 bottle drunk at the Referend First Anniversary line share, 12/2/17.
Deep mahogany-ruby, good clarity, with a dark beige head that shows moderate retention.
The nose shows rich oak tones that are not heavily toasted, or at least don't give the gross pina-colada character. Rather, spicy bourbon, rich wood and light rum raisin-like notes come through, with surprisingly soft esters, tons of cherry, vanilla, date, brown sugar and good acidity. Certainly some light alcohol, but it's not sharp, messy and it's pretty well-concealed for this abv. Extremely malty, yet it doesn't seem like it's going to be a sugary mess; the balance is definitely there. Furthermore, it's not chock full of specialty malt character, having a strong caramel-honey richness.
In the mouth it's ridiculously soft, creamy and malty, but shows good balance, as fruity, almost melanoidin-like acidity, strong wood and spicy liquor notes all balance the honey-caramel and brown sugar of the malts. The strong cherry-plum fruitiness is excellent and goes a long way to adding depth, while the barrel character adds an element as well, while not dominating the beer. Not syrupy in the least and doesn't feel underfermented. Warming alcohol dries the finish. Low but tight carbonation and no flaw. Damn, after having this masterpiece, I regret never trying any other ADWTDs....

Kandyzowane, beczkowe, karmelowe, slodkie, geste, alko pieknie schowane, ciut przyprawowe, wyjebiste, 4.666

Bottle - pours brown tan head - nose and taste of cognac, rich caramel, toffee and whiskey - full body

Bottle thanks to Russell. Pours a dark brown witth small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong oak, caramel, raisin, fig, pure sugar. Medium body, dark fruit, oak, boozy finish, enjoyed this.

375ml bottle thanks to Steve. Darkish amber, small tight, creamy head. Aroma is sweet, vanilla, caramel, cognac. Boozy too, very evident. Taste is even better, sweet heat, mallty notes, vanilla, wooden barrel, cognac. While it is evident it is potent, it doesn't burn that much. True classic.