7.8

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

Bottle at Finnoo tasting.
Poured deep brown in color, near flat, not much head.
Sweet, dark fruits , plums, raisins, bourbon. Wood. Warming. Heavy but enjoyable.

8

Intensely malty, woody and oaky with some bready notes, raisins, plums, figs, faint hints of quadrupely yeastiness and sweetness. Quite complex and intense slow sipper.

7.6

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

(Bottle, 0.5l, thanks tiong, at VastActiv, 20250912) The beer poured oily and black. Its head was small and lightly brown. Aroma had raisins, prunes, toasted malts and candi sugar. Palate was full bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were toasted malts, candi sugar, vanilla, wood, sweetness, alcohols and bitterness. Aftertaste had alcohols, raisins, wood and bitterness. A confusing blend of wood and alcohols.

7.6

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

Bottle at home, Espoo. Color is very dark brown with very small head. Aromas and flavours: Ripe fruits, raisins, figs, whiskey... Nice!

8.9

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

Bottle. Color: Almost black, thin brown head. Aroma: Raisins, dark dried fruit, Bourbon. Taste: Boozy, Bourbon, raisins, fig, muscovado sugar, spicy rye notes. Full body, low carbonation. Medium to over medium sweet, moderate hopbitterness. Very nice.

7.6

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

Tap at Billies. Dark brown. Sweet malts, figs, raisins, alcohol, earthy, brandy. Quite boozy bitter, over medium sweet.

8.1

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

Bottle shared at 3 Fonteinen, for Rich's 50th Bruxelles adventure. A clear cola brown coloured pour with a fading halo of tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, chewy burnt toffee, bunrt sugars, figgy pud, brown sugars, Warming alcohol, sherry.. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, burnt sugars, brandy snap sugars, chewy, light liquorice, sherry barrel, vinous funk, Warming alcohol. Boozy fruit cake. Palate is oily, chewy, spicy burnt cinnamon. Cakey malts.

8.4

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

Bottle split at La Tana, Bruxelles, 10/02/24. Light black with a khaki cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is ripe dried fruits, molasses, whisky barrel, brown sugar dusting, toffee, dates, figs, light spice. Taste comprises fruit cake mix, figs, chocolate, molasses, dates, toffee fudge, good barrel affect. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid.