7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Vintage Oct. 2017. 12 oz. bottle, pours black with a tiny beige head. Aroma brings out plenty of gently peated whiskey, nice oxidation notes, toasted bready malt, and a hint of toffee. Flavour is peaty and oxidized, with toasted bready malt, plenty of whiskey, a little toffee, and a hint of cracked black pepper. The complexity is reasonable, but it's not the most exciting one they've done, though I can't say I trust my memory of the other versions. It's certainly competently brewed and very drinkable, but not an upper tier old ale.

7

Classic english porter. Light and sharp and lager-like crispness. Some bitterness that gives it this. Bierkonig ams

8.1

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

Bottle, no 04428 bottled oct 2021. Color: Almost black, beige head. Aroma: Roasted malt, dark chocolate, vanilla, Whisky. Taste: Dark roasted malt, fruity notes of dark fruit, notes of dark chocolate, vanilla, oak, Whisky, bit boozy, subtle toffee, licorice and smoke, peat, booze. Quite smooth and very well balanced. Over medium to full body, below average carbonation. Moderate to over moderate sweet and bitter. Very nice complexity. Hard to tell the differences from the 18 Year Old when not tasting together. Lovely beer.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sample from bottle at 5th Logitech bierproeverij. Color: Deep golden, almost no head. Aroma: Fruity, floral hop. Taste: Malty and hoppy at the same time, floral hop, subtle fruity notes of orange and a little stone fruit. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Moderate bitterness, a little more bitterness at finish. Very nice.

9.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle contributed by my dad and shared with Johan and Bernt at Bernt’s place 08.05.22. Almost ebony. Some beige head around the edges. Fine aroma and taste of rasins, tobacco, prunes, dates, and a hint of Whisky.
Earlier Rating: 12/19/2015 Total Score: 3.9
Bottle shared with with TO at Melkebaren 19.12.15. Ebony. Small, brown head. Sweet aroma and taste of dark malt, dried dark berries, dark syrup and dried red fruits. A a hint of dark caramel and burnt sugar.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Ebony, small rapidly disappearing tan head. Aroma of dried dark fruits, vanilla. Taste is a bit sweet, lacking a bit in malt body what is promised by the aroma. Bottle shared with BG and EO.

7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours opaque black, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma is peaty, smoky, roasty, cocoa, molasses. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter, light plus peat. Medium light body, almost watery. Lingering bitterness.

6.2

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

Lemon and light smoke. Something like lemonbalm. Golden pour with decent head. Light tangy finish. Cask at Max's.

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6.5

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

Rocky off white head left a spotty cover on a slowly carbonating clear golden coloured body. Malt, citrus & cardboard aroma Medium bodied, soft over the tongue with a sharp back. Bitter, citrus & malt tastes with a grapefruit finish. Deece lager.