Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle thnx to matt 2007 vintage as to be expected. Pours bit clear, dark amberbrown,. Small white head. Smell is sweet, bit port. Sharp, yet round. Taste is sharp port, sugar, milkchocolate aspects ( white chocolate, even) . Bit dusty. Perhaps a bit over its most charming period, but still fine.

Interesting. Some port like notes but it has a pleasant tartness to it.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours murky mahogany, minimal head or lacing. Aroma is sherry, some toffee, tart oak. Flavor is quite sweet, a tiny bit of tartness, light plus bitterness, lots of sherry and wood flavors, tons of maltiness, a bit odd. Fullish body, creamy mouthfeel. Interesting for sure.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

2008 version from the London Pride store in Ljubljana, Slovenia, shared with heavy and ogivlado. Poured an amber-brown body with a small slightly off whtie head that went away slowly. Sweet malty nose, raisins and alcohol. Sweet taste, raisins, fruity, some cola? Yup, sweet. Didn’t think it was nearly as complex as the 2005 Gale’s version. 6/4/6/3/14.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours red brown with a thick off-white head. Aromas of sweet cola, red fruit. Taste is sweet, fruity, blackcurrant. Thin texture, medium body. sweet finish. Bit of cardboard at the back, but good.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours ruby, nose is oxidised sherry, caramel, taste is cherry, sour, fruity, sweet.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Not sure where I got this from but had this at Adina Apartment Hotel, Berlin, Germany, Saturday 16th November 2013 Wonderfully tart and tangy, sour even. Six years young this has aged really well. Sour fruit on nose, Loz is convinced that this will have a meatiness but we’re both surprised that it has nothing like. One of those wonderfully quirky British beers that sort if defies a mainstream catergorisation. Lovely beer, ok it may not have such a cute corked bottle as the original but to be fair I had a few duffers with the originals, sonehow I don’t think that’ll happen here. Good beer. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Alko Arkadia

2011 vintage - Pours dark brown with a bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet syrup, malts, hints of ripe fruits, caramel and toffee. Taste is sweet, sugary and malty with notes of alcohol, hints of ripe fruits, raisins, caramel and toffee. Finish is smooth, sweet and malty with notes of syrup. Quite balanced, but a bit too sweet old ale.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500 ml bottle, vintage 2007. Murky brown body with practically no head. Aroma of caramel malt and dry fruit. Flavor is sweet malty, caramel, dry fruit, warming alcohol, vinous and moderate bitterness. Fine body and long, sweet malty aftertaste. Nice.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500 ml bottle into snifter, 2007 vintage best before 12/18/2010. Pours extremely hazy dark reddish brown color with a small foamy light khaki head with decent retention, that reduces to a spotty foamy cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of huge prune, raisin, fig, toast, red wine, molasses, caramel, chocolate, bread, earth, tobacco, and light herbal. Pretty nice aromas with good complexity and balance. Taste of raisin, cherry, prune, red wine, toast, molasses, caramel, roasted malt, chocolate, earth, tobacco, wood, light cardboard, and herbal. Moderate wine-like earthy tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruit, toast, roasted malt, chocolate, earth, tobacco, cardboard, and herbal earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Pretty nice flavor balance with good complexity; fair amount of oxidation noticed; slight cloying flavors noticed after the finish. Light carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy, slick, syrupy, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is decent. Alcohol is fairly well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a pretty solid old ale. Some good flavor complexity with decent balance; though a bit cloying, it was quite smooth to sip on. This was fairly enjoyable.