9.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
В аромате вообще кокоса нету, что удивило. На вкус образец идеального барлика в старой формации, никакого намека на стаутность. Много карамели, патоки, ириски, меда, сухофрукты, бочки конечно, кокос есть но только где то на третьем плане, а хотелось его чуть больше.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2026
at 22:22
9.4/10
I assume this is the September edition despite the banner. Still awesome slow sipper, now with even more barrel notes, sweet coconut chocolate overdose and massive amounts of vanilla, some warming notes but ABV is quite well hidden. Great stuff, nice one
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jan 2026
at 19:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Undated but recent, 375mL bottle, drunk 1/23/26, as pictured.
Man, phantasm powder is such a strong, distinct substance. I immediately get it in the nose, alongside soft oak, rich vanilla and honey-like malt and a lovely, funky Brett which does work well with the phantasm and passion fruit. Sort of magnifies what the Brett is already doing. Nothing weird, not too much foeder, no big acid.
Malty and round in the mouth, though with good dryness coming from the powder, the oak and light-to-moderate Brett-like acidity. Citrus and white grape galore with biscuit and honey gently balancing. Juicy, rich, malty and complex with good lingering balance of malt, brett, oak and such. Really lovely, even fresh. This would age really nicely.
Man, phantasm powder is such a strong, distinct substance. I immediately get it in the nose, alongside soft oak, rich vanilla and honey-like malt and a lovely, funky Brett which does work well with the phantasm and passion fruit. Sort of magnifies what the Brett is already doing. Nothing weird, not too much foeder, no big acid.
Malty and round in the mouth, though with good dryness coming from the powder, the oak and light-to-moderate Brett-like acidity. Citrus and white grape galore with biscuit and honey gently balancing. Juicy, rich, malty and complex with good lingering balance of malt, brett, oak and such. Really lovely, even fresh. This would age really nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 23 Jan 2026
at 16:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Canned 10, 11 or 12/17/25, can't tell which one. Drunk 1/22/26, as pictured.
Hmm, there's something weird in the nose. Or, likely, it's just specialty malt, but it smells a little corny, a little chemical-y to me. Yeah, just some sweet toffee/caramel, likely, with some light red fruitiness and light yeast intricacies. It does integrate better as it warms/breathes. Lightly peppery, grassy hop behind it.
Similar flavors to the nose. Still has that dry fruit-and-corn flavor that I don't love, mixed with a surprisingly bitter, grassy hop element. The texture is nice and malty, and the attenuation is great, but i kind of hate the flavors. Bitter grassiness and weird berries-and-caramel-corn.
Hmm, there's something weird in the nose. Or, likely, it's just specialty malt, but it smells a little corny, a little chemical-y to me. Yeah, just some sweet toffee/caramel, likely, with some light red fruitiness and light yeast intricacies. It does integrate better as it warms/breathes. Lightly peppery, grassy hop behind it.
Similar flavors to the nose. Still has that dry fruit-and-corn flavor that I don't love, mixed with a surprisingly bitter, grassy hop element. The texture is nice and malty, and the attenuation is great, but i kind of hate the flavors. Bitter grassiness and weird berries-and-caramel-corn.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 22 Jan 2026
at 21:00
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Tried
from Bottle
from
Komplekx.bar
on 17 Jan 2026
at 19:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
US Pint can from Benny’s place, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is grainy, tropical citrus. The flavour is over moderate bitter, light sweet, with a silky smooth, rich, juicy mango, melon, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Over medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2026
at 16:23
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours hazy grapefruit gold with a slight transient white head. Aroma of green melon and something like garlic. Med body. Juicy in an unusual way. Definitely bitter. Flavor is earthy/green melon, dank fruit, some citrus. It's really flavorful and very very complex for me. Super delicious.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 15 Jan 2026
at 01:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
750 mL bottled December 2014, batch 2, SP Stout Week line share, 2/18/24. Clear, bright marigold-hobey-amber. Little/no head. Big honey, light bland cardboard (oxidation) with peppery phenols and fruity cognac in the somewhat mellow nose. Surprisingly little/no oxidation in the flavor, and instead it's a classic English Barleywine character full of rich toffee, vanilla, fruit, raisin and dry phenol in the finish. Cognac slowly makes itself known but certainly helps add dryness and complexity. This has held up insanely well in the flavor and texture. It still has a pleasing chewiness and rich malt depth to it. No booziness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2026
at 16:20