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

330 ml bottle. Pours almost black but with no head. Aromas of sweet dark fruit, cinnamon, candi sugar, bourbon, and toasted malts. Flavors of raisin bread, sourish oak, candi sugar, dark caramel, and sweet toasted malts. Unique though a bit odd with the sweet and sour. The ABV only shows up a thinner.

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

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

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 26/06/2025.
Lighter shade of black with a beige head that veers to the edge.
Nose is ripe bourbon, spice, dates, toasted brown sugar, toffee.
Taste comprises liquid fruit cake, molasses, caramel, raisins, brown sugar melt, dates.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.

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

17th May 2025
Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, reasonable fine carbonation. The malts bring a little creamy sweetness, a fair bit of unsweet caramel toffee. Some tangy fruits, probably borne of the smooth but dominant bourbon barrel. Savoury bourbon, good oak induced vanilla. Soft finish. A pretty mellifluous barrel aged barleywine and, quite the ripe fruity one.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

23/V/24 - 33cl bottle @ Bjorn’s German beer tasting tryout, BB: XII/2033, L76.21 (2024-342) Thanks to ElManana for sharing the bottle!

Clear dark brown beer, no head, just a few big bubbles, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lovely, earthy, vanilla notes, a bit oxidized, soy sauce, caramel, tobacco, bourbon, nice! MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: caramel earthy, sugary, more caramel, some chocolate, a bit sourish, very oxidized, malty. Aftertaste: chocolate, sourish, earthy, oxidized, Port, Madeira, caramel.