9

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

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines labelled as 2023, consumed on christmas day no notes taken

8.6

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

330ml panda from LCB. Pours thick black with tanned head. Powerful aroma of the aged oak and particularly maderia hit first, then notes of chocolate, mixed dark fruits, roasted malt, touch of liquorice. Taste of dark chocolate, raisins, port, oak, toffee. Its boozy and sweet but not overdone or too rich. Creamy mouthfeel with a fine to average carbonation. Long bitterness in the finish. Well balanced.

9

Cheers at Lee B.

8.8

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

Bottle. Nose is dark fruit, pronounced Madeira, brown sugar, leather, hints of chocolate, Christmas cake. Taste is rich leather, Christmas cake, dark fruits, roast malts, chcocolate, toffee, hazelnut, wood, brown sugar, leading to a warming spice note, and a herbal hop finish. Thick rich mouthfeel. Incredibly well balanced, rich without being cloying.

8.2

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

Bottle at home, 12th April 24. Pours black and rich looking. Aroma is barrel, Madeira, sweet, wood. Taste is rich and sweet, wet barrel and wood, Madeira, vinous. Lovely stuff

7.4

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

Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Daniel. A light hazed copper brown coloured pour with a halo of mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, earthy grape, toasted malts, woody bark, boozy, brown sugars,. Flavour is composed of. Nutty, boozy brown sugars, bruised grape., brown sugars, earthy. Little oxidised. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, fine carbonation.

8.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Black beer, solid tan head. Smells sweet and boozy with some maltiness in there. Flavour has a good whack of the port barrel. Sweet and boozy with a notable woodiness. Dried fruit in here with chocolate, some coffee , a hint of smoke, some malt, good toasty malt. This is like an old ale on turbo and I love the balance of the smooth rich body and the earthy, fruity notes. Big, rich and boozy.

7.6

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

28/7/2023. Cask at the 33rd Ipswich Beer and Cider Festival. Pours black with a small frothy beige head. Aroma is boozy, woody, toffee, toasted, roasted malt, camp coffee, charcoal, ash, touch of port wine and plastic. Quite sweet with light to moderate roasted bitterness. Medium to full body, slick, soft to flat carbonation. Good, but for me not quite up to previous versions.