Bottle at home. Pours clear amber, nose is caramel, floral, pine, taste is bitter, zesty, floral, citrus.7

Big half liter pounder can from chalet for 3$. Pour is very nice, brown maroon with red tinge and a big foamy light pink head that never fades. Nose is fun and appetizing mild sour cherry. Looking forward to this session. First taste is mildly tart cherry. Then there is a little bit of that cherry cough medicine effect. Even so, this is pretty good. I've tasted nocturnum, delirium and noel and this stuff is much better than all 3 of those. Except for that mild cherry cough drop taste, this stuff really hides its alky content very well. In the middle, I didn't notice it, because of the decent taste, aroma and look; but there really isn't much carbonation in here, tho its enough for support of the overall friendliness of the brew. Quite happy with this purchase and tasting stint. Near the end, that head is still there! Even after 20 mins of sipping. Very rare for a beer these days. Pretty good overall experience!

On tap at Hops, Crewe. Pours golden amber with minimal almost white head. Alcoholic strength is the mainstay of the aroma alongside Belgian yeast and hints of pineapple. In the mouth it is briefly sweet and juicy before some sharpness comes through. Alcohol to the fore in the flavours along with oak barrels and vanilla. Later on there are hints of malts, peel and lucozade as well leading to a slightly dry finish. Although this is decent enough it is still rather disappointing – the barrel aging doesn’t seem to have left much mark !

Deep brick red with a medium size tan head. Big red berry, fresh fruits, caramelized sugars, chocolate, light yeast spice, malt, a hint of black pepper. Medium bodied. Finishes sweet with some light spice. Respectable.