Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours black with a reddish brown hue. Lots of boozy dried fruit, vanilla, oak, molasses, black treacle. Solid stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at the 270 Tasting, Hazleboost, 01/08/2025.
Dark mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is dark fruit rinds, spice, dates, chocolate, toffee fudge.
Taste comprises fruit cake mix, spice, herb, raisins, bourbon barrel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
1st August 2025
ADTWD team tasting in sunny Halzlemere. Near clear dark amber brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth dark toffee malts, a little malt cream. Rich bourbon, ripe fruity bourbon, spicy bourbon. Airy semi dry spicy finish. Spicy linger. Great stuff, perhaps a little more basic than some of the others. But still stellar.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at high Wycombe fancy pants tasting. Many thanks to the team. A dark black brown coloured pour halo pf tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, oak, cinnamon, vinous funk. Dark berry. Flavour is semi sweet oily, dark, berries, honey, maple, brown sugars, white grape, vinous. Lovely stuff.
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 a light beige cap that veers edgewards,
Nose is stewed fruits, spice, dates, molasses, booze, prunes.
Taste comprises prune juice, molasses, spice, toffee, fruit cake, booze tunes.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Pours black with no real head. Lots of boozy dried fruit, prune, cocoa, molasses, black treacle, vanilla, oak. Lovely booze balance. Cracking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at high Wycombe fancy pants tasting. Many thanks to the team. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of dark tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, meaty roast, peanut. Dark chocolate,. Flavour is composed of medium sweet dark chocolate, peanut, hazelnut, Warming alcohol. Intense. Palate is medium sweet, oily, moderate carbonation. Nice.
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 bubbly tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light bodied malts, a good unsweet toffee, a little malt cream. Rich savoury bourbon, ripe fruits underneath. Savoury wet wood. A little oak induced vanilla. More spicy rich bourbon on the finish. A big bourbon bomb. And that is a good thing here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at the 270 tasting, at the Mount, 01/08/2025.
Black with a tan head that veers to the edge.
Nose is fruit cake, spice, dark malts, molasses, booze, toffee.
Taste comprises molasses, bourbon rip, spice, molasses, brown sugar melt.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Tidy sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours black with a reddish hue and no head. Notes of vanilla, oak, dried boozy fruit, muscovado sugar, molasses. Nice boozy finish with a drying close. Lovely