Retry 13/08/2022 Small, fast gone beige head over deep brown muddy beer. Islay malt a mile out, dark malts underneath, smoke, tarr, cigar tobacco. Smoke, tarr, peat - but also artichoke, other green vegetables, Islay malt and cigar ash. Full bodied, furious alcoholheat, almost viscous, oily feel. Mild carbonation. Superb - for the Islay lovers, at least. Obviously better than the first try. I Txs to Fred! /I
Sample 23/07/2022
Cap comes off effortlessly. No head, undercarbonated, dirty dark brown beer. Leather boiled in tarr. Laphroaig/Islay a mile out, almost distilled smoke. Chocolate, rumbonen , tarr, peat, Islay malt, bit sticky. Utterly undercarbonated, fiery alcoholcontent; oily feel, alcoholheat and -thinning. Convinced the sampled bottle was not well-closed, beer as flat as a pancake. Despite this, the beer remained quite palatable, certainly a good sign, thanks to the alcohol? Needs to be retried. As to when/where the cap got loose?