Crowler from Dogtap. It pours deep mahogany brown with a lively light tan head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, toasted malt, toffee, caramel, loads of dried fruits, sultana, raisin, dried fig, dried sour cherry, brown bread, fruit cake and toasty brown sugar. The taste is slick, roasty, toasted oak, bitter - sweet, earthy, nutty, l praline, oads of dried fruits, sultana, raisin, toasty brown sugar, sticky fruit cake, toffee, creme caramel, spicy, cacao nibs, riesen and some boozy warmth with a dry, oaky finish. Fulsome body and moderate, velvety carbonation. Fun barley wine. Enjoyable.

Keg at Brewdog Doghouse Edinburgh. Pours clear dark brown with a thin off-white head. Aromas of chocolate, weirdly. Some boozy almond and fruitcake. Fruit leather. Taste is a little hot. Nutty, fruitcake again. Quite dry at the back.