8

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

Bottle shared at SHIG Crashes the Bottle Share at Hazlemere: Poured a deep black with a beige head. Aroma is roasted rich malts, chocolate. Taste is sweet, rich roasted malts, chocolate, nutty, hazelnut, sticky.

7.5

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

Bottle shared in Hazlemere - cheers to SHIG. Pours deep brown with a creamy tan head. Medium to big sweet flavour, sugary, dark malts, aged berries. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, more hearty dark malts, brown sugar. Not bad.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared at high Wycombe tasting. Thanks to shig for this one. Aroma is sticky brown sugars, maple salty caramel. Jammy fruits, caramel.. Salty. Palate is semi sweet. Moderate salty. Highish carbonation.

8

Glad I had frayja first so I can appreciate the barrel in this even more, still upfront but wrapped in Belgian esters and spices, some cloves and plums, the barrel carries a lot otherwise the belgian notes aren't as packed as expected.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Waxed and capped 375 from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a slight tan head. Aroma of mixed dark fruits, not to exclude plums. Full bodied IMO. Flavor is slightly sweet mixed dark fruits, with plums, and almost burnt/toasted malt. Not quite there so it has a smooth flavor akin to barleywine malt. Not dry. Heat seems the main malt antagonist. And the heat is not at all annoying. Just excellent.