On bottle at Boutilliers Taproom Ashford July 2022 tasting . coffee barleywine coconut and chocolate Clear deep orange red colour thin white heat. Coffee and age. aroma. Coffee up front but then it softens into a smooth barleywine. sweetness. then a dry finish. its a good barleywine base beer. light coconut. bit weird but fine

Spotty beige head & collar on a turbid amber coloured body. Earthy vegetal aroma. Medium to full bodied, smooth soft & dry. Coffee, vinous, grape, chocolate & earthy tastes.

5th September 2021 Hazy amber - brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a tidy level of caramel and cream sweetness. Earthy coffee, doesn't get gritty, possibly due to the light touch of smooth vanilla. Touch of ripe fruits on the back end. Smooth semi dry finish. Well it delivers the coffee and vanilla just fine but that seems to be it. No underlying barleywine depth or complexity. Quite drinkable but runs out of attention grabbing qualities pretty fast.

Bottle at home. Pours deep amber, nose is roasted coffee, caramel, toffee, taste is similar, sweet, nutty, chocolate, creamy coconut

375ml bottle. Pours murky orange brown with no head. Aroma is peaty, vegetal peanut and coconut. Taste has some veg, chocolate, coconut and coffee. Watery with no carbonation.