Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Can shared at the high Wycombe fancy pants tasting. 01/08/2025. Many thanks team. A opaque black brown coloured pour with lasting dark tan head. Aroma is medium sweet chocolate, hazelnut, raw oaky, alcohol, vinous.. Flavour is composed medium sweet, brown sugars, bruised brown sugars, smooth fruit cake, boozy palate is smooth, oiky, intense,. Absolutely lovely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Bottle at the 270 tasting, at the Mount, 01/08/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is fruit cake mix, booze, stewed fruits, caramel, toasted brown sugar melt.
Taste comprises dates, figs, caramel, chocolate hint, cognac spike, booze.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a big rising boost.
Xolid Xipper from the top drawer.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Pour black with a dirty tan head that fades. Boozy fruit cake, cognac barrel, molasses, prune, raisin, treacle. Really smooth with just a hint of booze. Fantastic
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
1st August 2025
ADTWD team tasting in sunny Halzlemere. Near clear deep amber brown beer, decent bubbly tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Fairly light bodied malts but very rich in flavour. Bitterish dark toffee malts. A little malt cream. Tangy rich ripe fruity bourbon. Cognac as prominent here, rich and fruity. A little wood. Some alcohol spice on the finish but, again with these Anchorage not much heat. Bitterish bourbon woody linger. Fab.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle at the high Wycombe fancy pants tasting 1/8/2025. Many thanks team. A hazed dark caramel brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, Warming alcohol, toffee, vinous funk, vanilla, bourbon, green oak. Vinous boozy fruit cake. Flavour is composed of super intense dark caramel, Warming oak, barrel staves, bruised grape, layered brown sugars. Palate is intense medium sweet. Sticky, chewy, moderate carbonation. Super intense.
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 beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is fruit cake mix, figs, dates, prunes, vanilla oak, spice.
Taste comprises raisins, prunes, liquid fruit cake, booze, toffee, bourbon, ripe fruits.
Full bodied, light oily, semi drying close with a big rising boost.
Solid kit.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Pours dark brown black with no real head. Boozy dried fruit, raisin, prune, muscovado sugar, toffee, butterscotch notes on the finish real boozy hit. Cracking stuff.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
1st August 2025
ADTWD team tasting in sunny Halzlemere. Clear deep amber brown beer, small and short lived pale tan head. Smooth palate, slightly viscous, decent fine carbonation. Smooth rich malts, a little cream, modest toffee on this one. Rich and slightly boozy bourbon. Cognac comes through on the back end and seems to smooth the whole affair out. Finishes smooth and with just hint of oak induced vanilla and a little brown sugar. So rich and so very drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at the high Wycombe fancy pants tasting 1/8/2025. Many thanks team. A opaque dark nut brown coloured pour with a lasting halo of dark tan. Aroma is medium sweet, big vinous fruit, canned, boozy fruit cake, Alcohol. Suerettes. Palate is medium sweet, oily chewy, viscous, mellow carbonation. Warming on the throat. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, sticky brown sugars, caramel, vinous fruit, boozy fruit, oily, oak barrel, chocolate,.
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 and short lived tan head. Smooth and slightly viscous palate, a mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Rich malts base, slightly bitterish dark toffee and a little malt cream. Smooth rich ripe fruity bourbon, a little wet wood bitterness. Touch of oak induced vanilla. Some alcohol spice on the finish. Heady but bloody drinkable for 23%