Undated can graciously provided by tfontana, drunk 4/8/2025.
Clear, deep ruby-garnet. Small-to-medium, dark beige head, low retention.
I keep thinking I smell dough, but maybe that's the oak. Whatever it is, it's mild. Good acidity from the medium malts, balancing rich caramel, toffee, red fruit. No alcohol noted.
Soft, malty, round and comforting with rich red fruit, toffee and brown sugar, but good dryness on the end via biscuity, toasted malts and melanoidin-like acidity. Very mellow with that interesting, rich, cedary wood character that Jow notes. Was worried this would be just another big, malt, sugar and alcohol bomb, but it's none of that, and really well-done with tasteful oak and well-attenuated malts that aren't chalk full of toast, iced tea, paper and all the other awful things that crystal malts often provide.

Thanks, Tom. Aroma is toffee, oak, Taste is nice, sweet toffee, caramel, lightly toasted wood, with a balanced smooth finish.

Can at home. Dark brown pour. Nose is dark fruits and molasses. Tastes similar of figs, dates, raisin, caramel. Woody cedar, plum molasses. Decent body. Quite plea sat.

Can from Andover Classic Wines. Lightly hazy amber-red with nice sparkle, thin, fizzy head with poor retention, trace lacing. Aroma is strong caramel, raisin, toffee, butterscotch. Hint of oak only as it warms. Taste is strong initial cherry/dark fruit, then caramel, background suggestion of cedar, late hint of oak. Smooth texture, average carbonation, vague alcohol presence, finish as taste. Not getting too much in the way of oak/cedar but this is lovely in its own right. Why don't I have this style more often?