8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at the 270 tasting, at the Mount, 01/08/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a light beige cap that veers edgewards,
Nose is stewed fruits, spice, dates, molasses, booze, prunes.
Taste comprises prune juice, molasses, spice, toffee, fruit cake, booze tunes.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Pours black with no real head. Lots of boozy dried fruit, prune, cocoa, molasses, black treacle, vanilla, oak. Lovely booze balance. Cracking.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared at high Wycombe fancy pants tasting. Many thanks to the team. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of dark tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, meaty roast, peanut. Dark chocolate,. Flavour is composed of medium sweet dark chocolate, peanut, hazelnut, Warming alcohol. Intense. Palate is medium sweet, oily, moderate carbonation. Nice.

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

1st August 2025
ADTWD team tasting in sunny Halzlemere. Near clear deep amber brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light bodied malts, a good unsweet toffee, a little malt cream. Rich savoury bourbon, ripe fruits underneath. Savoury wet wood. A little oak induced vanilla. More spicy rich bourbon on the finish. A big bourbon bomb. And that is a good thing here.

9

Sweet and boozy, quite hefty. Raisin, caramel and bourbon, smooth and rich, excellent.

9

Intense, heavy with barrel notes, loads of maltiness, caramel, bourbon, toffee, dried fruits, prunes, figs, raisins, hints of vanilla. Loads of warming alcohol in the finish. Smooth body but a lot of heat in the finish. Complex but a bit boozy slow sipper