8

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

Rated at Pien Shop. Sweet, surprisingly light bodied, but intense with barrel notes, hints of vanilla and chocolate, some earthiness and fruitiness, even some warming alcohol. A bit unbalanced, previous vintages were better

7.2

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

09.11.2024, tap @ Væskebalancen:
Flat, deep dark pour. Aroma is slightly sweet boozy, dark sugar, bourbon, old rope, oak, dark malts, vanilla, cough syrup, bark, chocolate, toast. Taste is sweet sour-ish boozy, dark sugar, booze, oak, cough syrup, minerals, bark, dark malts, vanilla, anise, licorice. Medium to longlasting bitterness, sweet sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Nice enough.

8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sample from the bottle at Pien, Helsinki. Color is very dark brown with almost no head. Aromas and flavors: Vanilla, sweetness, whiskey, chocolate, coffee, Cacao... heavily barreled.

9

Goed als altijd

8.6

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

Crowler from Tjaps, Amersfoort Vathorst. Pours like motor oil, pitch black, thick, oily, with no head. Aroma's: sweet, alcohol, bourbonny, fudge, fruity alcohol, roasty. Retronasal it's sweet, with fruity alcohol, cherry, chocolate. Flavour is sweet with light cherry-ish sourness. Fairly strong alcohol feel without being too sharp. Full bodied, velvetty mouthfeel. Long finish with a little wood. Lives up to its name (but not to its price).