8.5

Advent calendar beer 3/12. Bags of rum attacking the nose when you open it. Pours a lovely amber, with a little bit of white foam. Mouthfeel is proper thick and smooth, like old school barleywines should be. Some nice hoppy bitterness over malts. And rum.

8.1

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

11th May 2019. Can. Hazy amber beef, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Light but smooth malts, decent streak of caramel sweetness fairly well balanced with woody bitterness and fruity rum. Fair bit of ripe orange and tangerine peel on the spicy finish. I have another can of this which I will leave for a year plus, to round off. Good barleywine, just a little young.3.8

25th October 2022
Can. Same batch 3.5 years on. As I thought would happen, this has rounded off very well indeed. The rich fruity aspects are now to the front, rum soaked fruitcake and a little barrel induced vanilla. All backed up by cream and caramel malts that are not even close to oxidizing. Some spice remains on the finish. What was a very good barleywine is now a superb one.

7.8

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

Can from the dregs runs. Pours hazy amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of rum, wood spice. Taste is toffee, ginger cake, light sweet note. Rich finish.

8.2

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

Can at appellation. Pours orange, nose is ginger, marzipan, tamarind, coconut, apple crumble, taste is sweet toffee, caramel, marzipan, orange, spices. --- Beer merged from original tick of Curtis The Destoyer on 27 Feb 2019 at 08:30 - Score: 8

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - deep amber brown. Thin head. Nose - Jamaica cake, general toffee and wood spice thing too. Taste - tangy marmalade going into spiced cake. Palate - medium bodied at least. Tangy and rich, long lingering finish. Overall - lovely beer. Seriously complex.

8

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

Can at neils... Copper.. Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet boozy orange fruits nose...Light fruits.. Juicy fruits.. Big boozy fruit 3.8 Can at ash's Feb tasting... Hazy amber... Soft sweet boozy orange.. Soft sweet Jamaica ginger cake nose... Soft sweet boozy sweet caramel orange fruits.. Juicy sweet fruits.. Oily fruits 4.0

7.1

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

Can shared in Hackney - cheers to Scoopy. Pours clarncopper with a small, foamy off-white head. Some alcohol and a little varnish on the snout. Medium sweet flavour with lots of ripe berries, caramel, toasted wood, nips of maple, booze, vanilla. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, more rich, ripe berries, toffee. Domes good in the end.

6.8

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

Can shared at Leightons place. A light hazed amber orange coloured pour with a halo of beige head. Aroma is woody, boozy fruit,, raisin, apple, cinnamon, jammy fruit. Flavour is composed of medium sweet. Sticky brown sugars, layered malts,. Boozy fruit cake.

7.6

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

Can shared at LKS. It pours hazy deep amber with a small beige head. The aroma is soft, sweet, sticky, dried fruits, wood, leather, rum and resin. The taste is dry, sweet, sticky, oily, resinous, wood, leather, tannin, orange marmalade, tangerine, rummy action and some boozy warmth. Full body and fine, foamy carbonation. Rich and boozy finish.