8.4

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

Bottle (vintage 1/12/19, bottled 2/2/22) from Liquor Junction, Reading. Opaque dark brown, ring of head, trace lacing. Aroma is strong caramel/toffee, dark fruit/cherry, bourbon. Taste is strong initial sweet dark fruit, tart apple/pear, toffee, followed by bourbon, oak. Smooth, soft carb, finish as taste. Nice complexity and balance.

8.1

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

Bottle at home. 2010 bottle. Can't remember were i picked it up, Probably from the old school yard. Aroma is Deep dark black with reddy hues, Still a decent loose khaki head that fades. Aroma is semi sweet, figgy prunes, mild dusty funk, cola cubes, some age, raisin loaf. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, intese dark fruits, raisin, prunes, dusty malts, spicy notes, light oak tannin, Has held up well with the age, but perhaps past its best. Palate is thick and oily, mellow carbonation.

7.5

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

Bottle at Snally: dark brown with off white gead. Cherry, wood, calvados. Taste is sweet and woody. Loads of dark fruit. Nice aftertaste. Aged nicely.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Beer Wine Nation in Merrimack Pours a solid dark brown color with a small but long lasting light tan head. Sherry soaked dried fruit with bits of toasty caramel faint bourbon oak. Hints of warming alcohol and faint cardboard. Pretty nice brew.

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7.9

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

Vintage 02/02/2022 Pours solid mahogany into a teku. Mocha head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Dark pit fruit, molasses and vanilla aromas. Thick with dark bourbon soaked raisins, prunes and dark red grapes upfront turning to slick, warmed treacle and molasses in the medium length finish.

8.5

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

Vintage 2018. Lot - Bottled - BBE: 20200029 - 03/11/2020 + 5 yrs. A dark bown beer, a head is almost medium and beige. Aroma has dried fruits, figs, prune, apricot, some sweetness of syrup and strawbrries, hint of mazipan. Taste has dried fruits, prune, raisin, some sweetness of cognac, barrel, hint of berries. Medium+ bodied. Great barreling also in this vintage.