From a 330ml bottle on 31/12/2024. New Year's beer, courtest of Ed, and shared with Ed and Butz. Pours a deep brown with no head. The nose features dark chocolate, caramel and stewed and dried dark fruit (prunes, raisins, figs). This all comes through on the sip as well, with uber intensity. Ultra boozy and warming at the back with a roasty, spicy, licorice bitterness that lingers long, but it somehow it's not too much. You're not surprised it's 32% but it actually does present as beer, which is not always the case with these crazy high abv efforts. The palate is slick, syrupy and oily, the carbonation softish. I didn't think it would be this good. Great work Bridge Road.