375ml bottle, 2017 vintage. Caramel malt aroma with notes of toffee, dark fruit, molasses, brown sugar, bourbon, vanilla and oak. Pours deep toffee brown colored with a thin tan head that has no retention and no lacing. Starts with rich caramel, dark fruit, molasses and brown sugar flavors as well as having a rich, full body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes quite smooth with toffee, bourbon, vanilla and oak flavors as well as warming booziness at the very end. Excellent!

375ml bottle at share. Dark clear brown, a few bubbles around the glass. Sweet malty aroma, chocolate, boozy. Taste is sweet and boozy, toffee, brown sugar

They just tapped a keg of the original batch (2016) at the brewery, and boy is it so much better now - still quite fruity and floral, tasting like an extra strong Bigfoot ale a bit - but it has mellowed out so much - you can barely notice the alcohol - lots of earthy malt character and the faintest hint of oxidation - guess it just needs 8 years on it! Taster at the brewery - interesting and fruity take on the style - a lot of dark fruit, woodiness, fruit skins, brown sugar - the alcohol is potent and a bit abrasive and the finish is watery - meh.