Fruity bitter floral beginning. The hops are earthy and dark, the body is very dry with malty hints. Refreshing-dry, malty and smooth. Nice bitter sticky aftertaste with earthy piny hop-oils. Nice.

Sherry barrel aged barleywine, from a 75 cl bottle shared by Trevor at Ster’s place, cheers! Off-white, moussy but quickly dissolving head over a hazy amber-tinged bronze beer. Aroma strongly oxidated, ’rusty’ and even vaguely chicken soup-like oxidized malts, with this effect further reinforced by the amontillado effect - resulting in a very sherryish nose, as promised on the label; other impressions include dried apricot, apple peel, tomato juice, cereals, olive oil, pepper and a dash of wood. Sweetish-and-sourish onset, candied peach mingled with old pear and a touch of olive oil, soft carbo, slick and bit vinous mouthfeel but feeling lighter than your average 10% ABV barleywine; a light-footed caramelly malt body fills the middle, with some drier cereally side notes. Evidently and expectedly very sherryish finish with a drying woody touch but most of all an explicit sherry flavour with spicy accents and liqueur-like, sweetish and warming alcohol. Interesting beer but a bit too heavily concentrated on the old oxidized sherry character for me personally.

Bottled. A golden beer with no head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, brettanomyces, and fruit. The flavor is sour with notes of malt, alcohol, caramel, and brettanomyces, leading to a tart finish.

Draft. A yellow beer with no head. The aroma has notes of fruit, wood, malt, and vinegar. The flavor is acidic with notes of malt, vinegar, wood, and fruit, leading to a tart finish.

Sour smooth nose. Intense sour yuzu aroma, fresh. Mild fresh sour beginning. Intense round fresh mild sourness with a smooth round aftertaste. Nice.

Smooth salty beginning. Slightly sourish, sessionable with lots of sourish salty floralness. Great.

Sticky sweetish intense brew. Chocolate, caramel, sweet. Sugary malty aftertaste.

Fresh smooth mild beginning. Moderate bitter round beginning, smooth sweetish dry hopped, interesting.

Spritzig fruchtig säuerlicher Antrunk. Weich würzig, sehr süffig, vollmundig. Deutlich zitronig, sehr fruchtig mittellanger Nachhall. Gut. 10/11/11/11/8/11

Weich schokoladig-röstiger Antrunk. Angenehme milde Süße, karamellig, wenig Espresso, hohe Viskosität. Weiter Schokolade, vollmundig, gut. 10/9/11/11//11