Bottle. Dark Amber color. Oak and dried fruit in the aroma. Malty sweet, dominant oak, hints of vanilla and dried fruit. Dry shortish finish with wet wood.

Bottle [from trade with bierkoning] @ home. Nice dark red color with a medium to full sized quite thick off-white to beige head that lasts for a decent while. Aroma is malts, a hint of dried fruit. Taste malts, dried fruits again, some toffee and caramel, sweetish initially with some malt bitter in the finish. Some alcohol present and also quite clearly wood. Quite pleasant, curious about the regular barley wine as -surprisingly- I’ve never had that one while I’ve had the special editions..