Beer #6 (of 19) of my 9000th Beer Celebration [9 beers on both sides of #9000th itself]. Deep dark brown coloured body with a very thin off-white head that fades pretty quickly and just leaves a thin layer on top after a few seconds. Aroma of alcohol, molasses, earth, nuts, chocolate and a hint of coffee with a big scent of spice and canella here with some bitterness derived from the malt with some alcohol and pitted fruits picked up in the nose as well. Medium-bodied; Fairly strong and pungent earthy and nutty malts dominate up front with a big bitter bite from the caramelised sugars and toffee notes along with some alcohol, earth, grain and oatmeal flavours and finishing with the drier, slightly spicier canella and allspice flavours that really shine through at the end. Aftertaste is rich with a lot of caramelised sugars, toffee, earth, grain and dry components with a lot of bitterness, mainly from the malts, but also from some of the molasses and pitted fruits with a raisin-like finish and a kick of oats and chocolate too. Overall, a fairly nice beer with a ton of earthier components, a lot of malt and grains with caramelised sugars, molasses and even some figgy notes, but showing some yeast and alcohol at the tail end, making this complex and rich but still smooth-ish, especially for the alcohol content, but that's primarily due to age, most likely. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 28-December-2017 for US$3,99 sampled at my house here in Washington for Beer #6 (of 19) of my 9000th beer celebration [9 beers on both sides of #9000th itself].

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ Craig’s House - Edinburgh. [ As Red Brick 21st Anniversary Ale ].Unclear medium to dark brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, caramel, wood, light alcohol - rum. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, caramel, wood, oak, rum, sweet alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160319] 6-3-7-3-13

Bottle at Craigs 2016 alldayer. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of toffee, malt, light oak. Taste is sweet, light fruit. Sweet finish.

bottle at home .. dark brown ... thin tan head ... soft toffee fruit malt nose ..soft woody dusty toffee malt .. dry malts .. dark roast ... soft sweet toffee malt nose

Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep brown, nose is malty toffee, caramel, light fruit, taste is similar, sweet.

12oz bottle. Poured a dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma was sweet roasted malts, some nutty notes, caramel malts. Flavor had a touch of vanilla, sweet malts. Pretty tasty.

12 oz. bottle. Pours dark, reddish brown, with a small, tan head. The immediate nose is sugar cane and vanilla. Some aromas of rye, butterscotch, resin, and caramel. Cloyingly sweet, with no bitterness or yeasty funk. Heavy body, sticky, syrupy, and clingy. This is nowhere even close to a saison, but the rum character (think Innis and Gunn) is fairly enjoyable.