Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
13 September 2025. At 17de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to the whole crew!
As "Amaris Laphroaig BA 2025", assuming this is the version they referred to. Lots of green apple (acetaldehyde), raisin, whisky. Sweet-sour green apple, pear. Whisky alcohol, where peat? Thin oily texture. Or they gave me the wrong version that I can't identify or something actually went wrong here. Disappointing, but I have another bottle at home for future reference.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
12 September 2025. At Rose Red, Bruges. Cheers to Anke, mom & dad! Bottled: 18/2/2016.
Hazy dark brown, very thin, tan head. Aroma of ruby port, oxidised red wine, soy sauce, gingerbread, tobacco, malt vinegar, 'prosciutto crudo', cherry, brambleberry. Taste has sour cherry, brambleberry, blackcurrant, green apple, some sweetish ripe passion fruit & nectarine as well in a gingerbready, bit almondy, jam-like malt body with a touch of umami soy sauce. Tart cherry pits, dried dark fruits and woody tannins in the finish, whiff of herbal tobacco and warming ruby port- or red wine-like alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Intense and complex, absolutely gorgeous example of the style.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown, with a small, foamy, beige head. The aroma is coffee, cola, earthy peat, light black cherry, leather, and licorice. Dry and musty, with a fair, earthy bitterness. Medium body, slick, and grainy. Interesting, but not great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle 33cl. @home poured into tulip glass. Pitch black, thin tan head, disspating quickly, no lacing. Aroma roasted malt, coffee, cocoa, caramel, coffee liqueur, faint forest fruit notes, alcohol. Taste light light heavy sweet and slightly bitter, malty, roast, dark chocolate, coffee, toffee, liquorice, dark fruit, alcohol notes (not overwhelming), Full-bodied, oily texture, velvetty mouthfeel, flat carbonation, malty bittersweet aftertaste, chocolate and coffee notes, light spicy notes, some alcohol, smooth, complex and harmonious, well-balanced, royal it is, excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330mL bottle, pours black with almost no head. Aroma is quite intense, with a hot, almost perfumey character, medium roast, a touch of molasses, and a touch of port. Flavour is extremely intense, with major port barrel presence, medium roast, booze, and a touch of cocoa. Shows every last percent of this.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Dark brown. No head. Aroma is boozy, phenolic, headsy. On the palate, the port barrel shows through a bit, then there's lots of alcohol, a bit of dark sugars, toffee sort of thing. Raisiny and boozy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 330mL bottle (vintage: 18/12/2019; bb 22/03/2022+5yrs). Dark brown with very minimal off white head. Dark fruit, boozy, a bit higher abv than necessary, still enjoyable sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
330mL bottle. Pours black with no head. Subdued roast, port barrels, and some booze on the nose. Flavour is has a roasty base, though it's definitely in the background with a lot of booze and port barrels on top. Nice complexity, good base, and very boozy. While it is very nice, it is definitely on the brutal side.
Magus, mõru, šokolaad, viski, röst, rohelised herned, linnased, alks, kohv. Ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 2022 vintage, thanks to my bro. It pours clear deep brown with a medium Khaki head. The aroma is bourbon soaked oak, dried fruits, fruit cake, malt loaf, vanilla, vanilla fudge, brown bread, nuttiness, leather and dull cacao. The taste is slick, oily, sour tangy dried frs, raisin, sultana, fig, cherry, fruit cake, malt loaf, bourbon soaked oak, dull vanilla, estery fruits, nuttiness and cacao wig a some warming alcohol though the finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. An interesting combo for sure. Nice depth.