Bottle shared at Leightons place 21/03/2016. Many thanks to Scopey for this one. Hazed clouded orange coloured pour with a a lasting thin dirty off white head. Aroma is smoked, woody, wheaty, paprika, red berry. Flavour is composed of rounded smoked, malts, light phenols, red berry, wheat, orange, some meaty, orange peel. Palate is frothy, wheaty, highish carbonation. Drying finish. Solid. Interesting beer.

Bottle shared in London - many thanks to BenH via Paul. Pours hazy gold with a creamy, off-white head. The nose holds lightly toasted bread, herbs, grains, yeast. Light sweet flavor with restrained spiciness, faint smoke, some pepper, banana, bread. Ligh to medium bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes with more spices, bready malts, yeast, a little ham, light earth. Tasty enough.

Bottle split at Bespin thanks to Ben Kernel Hater H, via Bropey, 21/03/16. Hazed orange amber with a decent off White covering. Nose is bitter orange, red pepper, spice, caramel, earthy fruit loaf. Taste comprises, earthy fruit, spice, paprika, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light smoke and spice in the close. On.

Bottle thanks to Benny H. Massive gusher! It pours murky deep golden - amber with a medium off-white head. The aroma is rich smoked maltage, tangy, meaty, tinned pineapple, definite smoked paprika and earth. The taste is smooth, light bitterness, smoked malts, quite mellow, spice, red pepper, brown bread, pineapple chunk and spice with a dry finish. Medium body and high, foamy carbonation. Bonkers stuff. I don’t mind it that much actually. Unique.

Bottled. A black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, soy sauce, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, alcohol, and a bit of bread, leading to a dry roasted finish.

Bottle@Yesprs - (thanks to Stuu for this) Black pour with beige head. Roasted and sweet malty with some prominent chocolate, some caramel, treacle, oily mouth feel, some brown sugar, nice stuff.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark malty, breadish. Dark malty, roasted to breadish. Bitter and lingering roasted finish. Light chocolate note.

Bottle from the Bow Bar, Edinburgh. Dark black with a purplish tinge. Some lovely beige/tan head on top. Smells like many of the component parts - I get the tonic wine and smoke very strongly, along with herb garden (lavender and sage?), blackberry and a heady dose of liquorice. Taste is sweet and quite fruity but there’s a tinge of bitterness in the finish. Warming for sure but it doesn’t taste 10%. While I like this, I mean I really like this, I wouldn’t have minded a slight toning down of the much-maligned tonic wine.