From a 330ml bottle on 30/9/2017. Another Super Beast hits us and my level of anticipation is high. Pours a murky medium to dark amber with a biggish head. The nose is quite powerful - oodles and both malt and ripe tropical and stone fruit, with toffee and jam in the mix. Like every previous version of the SB I've had, this has a forceful personality. Very sweet and syrupy upfront - again ripe fruit, mandarin, peach, apricot, mango, plum, caramel, brown sugar, a touch of toffee, and some yeast. The hops are pronounced, delivering a sharpish, slightly boozy bitterness that meets the sweetness nicely. The palate is slick and syrupy, and the carbonation average to lively. A really impressive big sipper - bold, intense and quite complex. Much prefer it to the 2016 SB, but it's not quite as good as the best previous versions.