8.2

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

Bottle at ash's. Pours black, nose is woody, chocolate, vanilla, almond, taste is similar, quite a lot of oak.

8.4

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

Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - dark and opaque with a tan head. Nose - nuts, dried fruit, leather and burnt wood. Taste - raisins, prunes, burnt wood and something a bit like PX. Palate - medium bodied and roasty with a long linger. Overall - lovely, elegant beer.

8.1

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

Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Pours clear dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of Madeira, leather, sherry, liquorice. Taste is dark chocolate, woody, leather and liquorice again. Some mixed dried fruit. Lovely stuff.

9

Bottle at ashs... Dark black... Small tan head... Woody oak big woody oak.. Big fig sweet nose... Dark chocolate roast malts. Dark rich chocolate roast.. Big sweet malts heavy sweet malts.. Dark chocolate.. Woody sweet oak roast4.6 bottle at home March 2024 : 2022 ...dark black ..thinest tan lacing ...soft sweet meaty oaky chocolate roast malts nose .dark sweet rich chocolate roast malts ..big dark bitter chocolate roast malts .big woody oak ...4.6 2023 ... dark black ..small tan head head ..soft mellow chocolate sweet roast malts nose ..big sweet fruit vanilla chocolate ...Light woody chocolate roast malts 4.2 oddly bit over sweet for me

8.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Cask at Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Aroma has xreamy sweetness and liqourice. Boozy edge. Dark. Glossy. Foamy if blotchy tan head. Medium-heavy bodied. The Medira is very obvious. Sweet with a booze bite. Over creamy chocolate. Heavy bodied. Creamy. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long slightly astringent finish. The barrel tales the lead but works. Lovely stuff. Would be great post-dinner.