bottle at home ... huge thanks to Chris for this one ... deep red brown ... little funky ... little toffee malts nose ... light sourness ... roast malts ... soft roast ... light chocoalte ... the tiny sourness doesnt help for me ... but other wise ok

Bottle 750ml. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].[ Courtesy of PhilL ]. Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is roasted, caramel, chocolate, berry sour notes - cherry, wood, oak notes, whisky - bourbon notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081230]

Bottle. Dark mahogony beer with a light tan head. Malt and light whiskey aroma. Malty flavor with light astringency and light diacetyl. Some light barrel notes. Medium bodied. Malt and light diacetyl lingers.

75cl Bottle at Chris o New Year tasting 08/09. Thanks to Phil l for getting us this. Deep ruby colour. Lovely dark choc and whisky aroma. Very good aroma. Less good in mouth, some moreello cherry fruit, black forest gateau. Good aroma, just a little thin in the mouth, finish has more milk choc and cherry. Wood does come through. Cherry fruit lifts the beer.

[Lovibonds Brewery Shop, Henley] Pours brown-black with a thick white head - a nice looking beer. Despite apparently being made from the Lovibonds Henley Dark, it bears little resemblance to it. The smell and taste are a somewhat surprising mix of treacle and straw, with the treacle rather dominant. After a while a sour whisky taste emerges - whatever whisky barrels they are using to age this, I think they need to find better ones! Finish is quite smooth with hints of vanilla and toffee but a very sticky mouthfeel. Its OK, but I was hoping for better.