8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Can at the high Wycombe fancy pants tasting 1/8/2025. Many thanks team. A hazed dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, super rich dark sticky fruit, muscat, vinous funk, alcohol, boozy oak, barrel staves, green wood. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, sticky vinous fruits, some dark malts, boozy fruit cake,. Lovely.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2025
at 11:54
8.5/10
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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 tan head lasts no time at all. A pretty light palate all told, semi dry, good fine carbonation. Rich toffee malts, rich but light bodied, a little malt cream. Whisper of oak induced vanilla. The barrelling brings rich but bright bourbon. Airy finish leaves a fair dose of alcohol spice but really not much heat. A grown ups barleywine.
ADTWD team tasting in sunny Halzlemere. Near clear deep amber brown beer, small tan head lasts no time at all. A pretty light palate all told, semi dry, good fine carbonation. Rich toffee malts, rich but light bodied, a little malt cream. Whisper of oak induced vanilla. The barrelling brings rich but bright bourbon. Airy finish leaves a fair dose of alcohol spice but really not much heat. A grown ups barleywine.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2025
at 11:53
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Can at the 270 tasting, at the Mount, 01/08/2025. Waxed can nonsense alert!
Deep mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that dissipates to the edge.
Nose is fruit cake, bourbon, spice, toffee, brown sugar melt.
Taste comprises figs, toffee, tobacco, toasted brown sugar, candied fruit rinds, spice, bourbonic rise.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that dissipates to the edge.
Nose is fruit cake, bourbon, spice, toffee, brown sugar melt.
Taste comprises figs, toffee, tobacco, toasted brown sugar, candied fruit rinds, spice, bourbonic rise.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2025
at 11:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours hazed cola brown with no head. Loads of brown sugar, boozy dried fruit, boozy barrel notes. Butterscotch. Lovely stuff
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2025
at 11:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle drunk 7/31/25.
Clear, brassy-golden. Large, white head, slowly to cover.
Nose shows coriander, grass, black pepper and softer esters. No clove, no bubble gum, no banana, no cotton candy. Lots of honey, light table sugar, mild Belgian yeast. What I'm not getting is much of any foeder. Maybe a touch of tannin/toast/mild wood. But it's clean, not boozey, nicely-attenuated.
Soft, a bit of bread/crust, with mild coriander-like spice (could just be phenol). Not crude, not that I'd expect that from Gabe. Good attenuation and body with a touch of honey-like malt at points. Soft and very flavorful, nothing off or unwanted. Lingering spice/herb. Just a touch of powdered sugar, otherwise top-notch stuff.
Clear, brassy-golden. Large, white head, slowly to cover.
Nose shows coriander, grass, black pepper and softer esters. No clove, no bubble gum, no banana, no cotton candy. Lots of honey, light table sugar, mild Belgian yeast. What I'm not getting is much of any foeder. Maybe a touch of tannin/toast/mild wood. But it's clean, not boozey, nicely-attenuated.
Soft, a bit of bread/crust, with mild coriander-like spice (could just be phenol). Not crude, not that I'd expect that from Gabe. Good attenuation and body with a touch of honey-like malt at points. Soft and very flavorful, nothing off or unwanted. Lingering spice/herb. Just a touch of powdered sugar, otherwise top-notch stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 31 Jul 2025
at 20:57
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
375 ml bottle. Thank you Clarkvv for the share. Aroma is bold oak, vanilla, intense bourbon. Based on the aroma I would have thought that this was going to be entirely too much bourbon. Well, the bourbon is very warming all the way down the esophagus. Yet, alcohol flavor is not here. Bold bourbon, brandy, oak. Wow!!
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2025
at 23:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Opaque, inky black with nice viscosity. Aroma is bourbon over dark fruit, caramel, spice. Taste is strong dark fruit, bourbon (with heat), spice, dark sugar. Thick texture, full bodied, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Bourbon is a bit too prominent along with heat and hard to find specific flavors but maybe I have some palate fatigue after 15+ barleywines/stouts in the last 24 hours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2025
at 23:13
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
375mL bottle drunk 7/26/25.
Clear, dark. Garnet and dark mahogany. Tan head to ring quickly.
Burnt toffee, vanilla, rich raisin and milk chocolate. Oaky, but not hot or too oaky. Fruity and spicy with lingering toffee and such. I'm not getting any booze though it's peppery and the strength is certainly sensed.
Wow, that's a wild ride. Big, spicy, peppery, acidic, strong, intense, rich, etc....It's definitely mega-flavorful with some strong barrel and a bit of heat on the very end, though it's not raw or sharp. Cherry, vanilla, dried fudge and a sticky, rich texture with pretty good attenuation. I gotta tell ya, this doesn't seem too much in any one area. There's a shit ton of barrel strength, but it's lovely. Seems to have attenuated very nicely.
Clear, dark. Garnet and dark mahogany. Tan head to ring quickly.
Burnt toffee, vanilla, rich raisin and milk chocolate. Oaky, but not hot or too oaky. Fruity and spicy with lingering toffee and such. I'm not getting any booze though it's peppery and the strength is certainly sensed.
Wow, that's a wild ride. Big, spicy, peppery, acidic, strong, intense, rich, etc....It's definitely mega-flavorful with some strong barrel and a bit of heat on the very end, though it's not raw or sharp. Cherry, vanilla, dried fudge and a sticky, rich texture with pretty good attenuation. I gotta tell ya, this doesn't seem too much in any one area. There's a shit ton of barrel strength, but it's lovely. Seems to have attenuated very nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Side Project Brewing
on 26 Jul 2025
at 22:32
8/10
Wow let's going on. Tons of barrels. Still pretty boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2025
at 19:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Hazy, orange, dark golden colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Rather cautious, fruity hoppy aroma, hints of grapefruit and orange, a touch of kiwi fruit, oaty background. Taste is oaty malty and fruity hoppy, slightly bitter alcoholic, notes of grapefruit, grapefruit rind, mandarine; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.
Creamy texture, smooth, super soft and silky palate with dry, minimally pungent edges, fine, dense, prickly carbonation.
Excellent mouthfeel, tremendous creaminess, well crafted, but more or less disappointing concerning hop flavours, a tad too boozy - hoped for more.
Creamy texture, smooth, super soft and silky palate with dry, minimally pungent edges, fine, dense, prickly carbonation.
Excellent mouthfeel, tremendous creaminess, well crafted, but more or less disappointing concerning hop flavours, a tad too boozy - hoped for more.
Tried
from Can
from Craftbeer Shop
on 25 Jul 2025
at 23:55