Bottle pour at Tørst. Pours rubescent brown. Toffee, biscuit, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg, little boozy. Medium body. Good.

9.3oz bottle. I don't really think of this as a Barleywine as much as a Winter Warmer. Malty, pleasant amber vanilla notes, fleshed out by the oats. Faint hop balance. Great balance and drinkability overall, a blast from the past in that regard. Any warmth from the alcohol is perfectly balanced in. Smooth, sweet finish. Great beer. A classic in my opinion.

Bottle from Harveys brewery shop. Pours a clear mahogany colour with hardly any head. Soft carbonation. Faint aromas of dry dark fruit, fruit cake, caramel and tobacco and leather. Taste is much more pronounced with more dry dark fruit, fruit cake, tobacco, caramel, treacle, cherries, orange peel, tea leaves, wood, sherry, spices, nuts and an earthy hoppy bitterness on the finish. Full bodied with an oily sticky mouthfeel. Quite complex and well balanced. A beer to sip and savour in the winter months. Good.

Flaska från SB, 2017. Rostbrun med liten krona. Kola, toffee, kanderade äpplen, något oxiderad.

13/11/2019. Bottle at Hot Stop, Reigate. Pours mid brown with an average size off-white to beige head. Aroma of malt, dried fruit, christmas spice, toffee and molasses. Medium sweetness, light bitterness and touch of tart. Moderate body, slight watery and oily texture, average carbonation. Uncomplicated, had hoped for something that gave a bit more.

Loads of raisins in te aroma. Very sweet taste with raisins and porto. Alcohol present, but well hidden. Syrupy, thick and oily. Perfect winter warmer.

From cask at Garland, Redhill, Surrey, on trip to 22 southern counties with OGJ and EE 06.01.19. Translucent copper. Foamy and persistent beige head and lacing. Fine aroma and tasteo of sweet medium dark malt, menthol, cranberries and dates. Good!

9.3 oz bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly crystal clear deep orange/amber/light copper color with a small dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of raisin, plum, cherry, fig, date, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, nuts, and brown bread; with lighter notes of sherry, roast, leather, tobacco, citrus peel, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Touch of diacetyl in the aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, cherry, fig, date, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, nuts, and brown bread; with lighter notes of sherry, roast, leather, tobacco, citrus peel, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, woody, peppery, roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark fruit, cherry, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, nuts, brown bread, sherry, roast, leather, tobacco, citrus peel, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Light carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky/bready/grainy, fairly sticky/resinous, and lightly slick balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.5%. Overall this is a very nice English barleywine. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not aggressive. Great balanced complexity of rich malts, fruity yeast, and earthy hops against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

Thin off white head left a collar on a reddish brown still body. Oak, spice & over stewed fruit aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a cloying finish. Sweet stewed fruit, red berry, spices & fruit juice tastes.