6.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle Muddy brown colour with small white head.Aroma spices and orange peel good note of hops and malt medium body and mild finish. My Xmas rating No 65 2025/26

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Backlog February 2009. Dark brown body under a creamy, dense beige head. Aroma of mild roasted malt with hint of coffee and chocolate. Taste is sweet, mild roasted malt, coffe, chocolate and decent bitterns. Fine body with bitter aftertaste. Rather straight forward but well made and nice.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Batch 0781. 6,5 ABV. Frothy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Porse present. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

8

Bottle. Pours dark brown with small white head. Aroma is intense roasted malt, syrup, vanilla and rum. Taste is medium to very sweet, and light bitter. Very well balanced

7.5

Hoppy, malty with lots of floral hops but also rather bitter and hints of latex.

8.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 9

Bottle (prod. 2013, kept in basement @ ~20 °C, BBE 12.2025). Pours opaque black with no head. Aroma is intense roasted malt, toffee, fudge, soy sauce, oak barrels, liquorice, brown sugar, leather, and vanilla. Taste is very sweet, light bitter, and faint salty. Body is creamy with no carbonation (probably due to the 12 year old cork). Finish is long, sweet and rich with notes toffee, fudge, caramel, brown sugar, gravy, liquorice, vanilla, soy sauce, orange peel, port wine, prunes and plum jam. Very nicely balanced, intense and rich even though it had gone completely flat.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Torben Mathews tasting with IDA Trekantafdelingen. Decanted into jugs for servering at tables. Pours opaque black with medum offwhite head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, toffee and faint hints of sweet liquorice. Taste is very sweet and light bitter Body is creamy with soft carbonation. Finish is long and mostly sweet with notes of roasted malt, caramel, coffee, and vanilla.