bottle at Fins ...copper ..thin white lacing ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...soft sweet caramel ...woody caramel toffee malts

Bottle courtesy of Kostas at Kykao brewery had this at home Wednesday 21st August 2024 listening to Snapped Ankles - Forest of Your Problems we had homemade Chilli con Carne. This pours reddy amber, on reflection perhaps a little bit darker. The light beige head rapidly dissipates. Like the others in this series there are plenty of dried fruits on the nose, it's also a little wet woody also. These aromas translate into the flavours in the mouth, it's a bit like the Mercier version in that there is a little tart tang, perhaps even light funky edge presumably from the barrel ageing. A good barley wine, not too boozy, figs, the sweetness is good, the tanginess nice, there is a little caramel, nice.

Bottle courtesy of Kostas at Kykao brewery had this at home Tuesday 20th August 2024 sat on the balcony listening to ByteFM, we had Sicilian Pasta with Anchovies for tea tonight. This pours very deep dark murky amber perhaps it's actually darker than that, more muddy brown in colour, the head which was tan coloured rapidly dissipated. Btw it was lively and my attempts at removing the wax clearly agitated the beer inside as I lost about 15%. Plenty of dried fruits and wet woodiness on the nose and a little bit of the barrel shows. The flavour displays similar characteristics but unlike the Mercier barrel this doesn't have a little funky edge to it. Nice beer, seems to carry a little more sweetness than the Mercier version, not at all boozy, figs, sweetness and dried fruit dominate, great beer.

Bottle courtesy of Kostas at Kykao brewery had this at home Wednesday 14th August 2024 sat on the balcony listening to Yard Act - Where's my Utopia, we had Italian Sausage Lasagna for tea. This pours very deep amber actually it's heading towards chestnut in colour, the head rapidly dissipated. Nice dried fruits on the nose, a little woody also. Similar in the mouth, with a little light funky edge presumably from the barrel ageing. Big hitter but not too boozy, figs, sweetness leads to tanginess, dried fruit again, sone tangy toffee, it's very good.

Bottle at Tales of Ales in Athens. Very deep red. Cherries, berries, oxidation, oak, a bit of vinegar, cobwebs, sour. Very nice.

Bottle at Tales of Ales in Athens. Slightly hazy yellow, white head. Loqyat, peach, apricot, juicy, funk, sourish and bitterish, oak, slightly astringent. Good.

Tap.At Balkan beer bash.Reddish colour with small head.Aroma of red greaps and herbs nice mild tart and smooth hint of spices to nice by style beer.