Bottle. Amber color. Honey and caramel in the aroma. Sweet, honeyish herbal flavor. Slightly alcoholic with a sticky mouthfeel.

Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle poured into a glass. Translucent medium brown with no head. Aroma is nuts, medium body, low carbonation, and no lacing. Taste is caramel malt, some chocolate, and some butterscotch.

22.4 ounce bottle into snifter, best before 7/16/2015. Pours crystal clear very dark brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, toast, brown bread, nuttiness, honey, cola, herbal tea, light pepper, light chocolate, plum, pear, apple, floral, grass, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, spices, and fruity yeast ester notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, toffee, toast, brown bread, nuttiness, honey, cola, herbal tea, light pepper, light chocolate, plum, pear, apple, floral, grass, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Light amount of herbal/spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, brown bread, nuttiness, honey, light fruits, herbal, floral, grass, light chocolate, light pepper, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/bready malt, spices, and fruity/earthy yeast flavors; with a great malt/spice balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice spiced brown ale. All around very nice balance, robustness, and complexity of dark/bready malt, spices, and fruity/earthy yeast flavors; and very smooth to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Bottle at home. Pours copper, taste is sweet and malty, light smoky toffee.

Original version, bottle big thanks to Fergus for digging this ’R’ out for me, split on the 1758 Waterloo - Windsor train with the Wingman, best before date Spetember 2010! Orange amber with a big old light beige head that retains well. Nose is caramel, dark fruit peel, honey well evident, light spice. Taste comprises light cocoa, floral notes, dollop of honey, hint of mint leaf. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light trace of booze in the close. Ok stuff, has held up well considering the age.

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein rötlichbraunes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, süß, würzig, Kräuter, Karamell. Geschmack röstmalzig süß, Kräuter, Blumen, Karamell, Gewürze, leicht alkoholisch.

Botella de 33 cl tomada en el lúpulo. Junio de 2011. Lote 247 segun etiqueta ""elaborada con semillas de amapola y blenda Nutall kola junto con la miel de brezo escocés"" Cuerpo medio con 7,8 vol que se notan bien. Sabores especiados bastante apreciables. Buena