8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark brown colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter fantastic flavor.Long great complex finish. Creamy palate.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

[August 2022] Cloudy yellow gold with a big frothy white head and a zesty fruit aroma. Grainy mouthfeel with lovely dank fruit bitterness

7.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. A dark brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, whiskey, sherry, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of sherry, grapes, whiskey, wood, alcohol, and caramel, leading to a dry finish. For enjoyment in small amounts.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft. A black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of spices, yeast, roasted malt, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, spices, and yeast, leading to a dry finish. I'm not a fan of Kveik.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. A black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, prunes, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, alcohol, and prunes, leading to a dry finish.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

(Draught at Billie's Bier Kafétaria, Antwerpen, 19 Oct 2023) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of espresso, dark chocolate, caramel, toffee, hazelnuts and maple syrup. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, sweet espresso, hazelnuts, caramel, toffee, maple syrup and a balanced coffee bitterness. Full body, quite sweet. Rich, sweet and warming. Powerful, but hides a fair amount of the 15% pretty well. Great beer!

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

(Draught at Billie's Bier Kafétaria, Antwerpen, 19 Oct 2023) Black colour with creamy pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with espresso, cacao, liquorice, oak wood, vanilla and bourbon. Malty, roasted, sweet taste with notes of espresso, liquorice, dark chocolate, oak wood, bourbon and a balanced coffee bitterness in the finish. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Rich and warming, with loads of coffee and bourbon barrels. Great beer.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 5 Oct 2023) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with dark chocolate, black coffee, herbs, vanilla and a touch of tonka beans. Malty, roasted taste with notes of chocolate, black coffee, vanilla, herbs and a mild roasty bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, thick and oily mouthfeel. Quite sweet. Powerful and warming, but well rounded and harmonious. Very nice.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

27th January 2024 Can. Clear very deep amber brown beer, small tan head. Airy soft palate, very airy and very soft, decent fine carbonation. Soft rich dark toffee and caramel malts, hints of port wine and whiskey barrel here, but that is just malt fermentation complexity. Treacle says the can, yeah - tick. Some alcohol spice, but just mild heat. Slightly spicy berry liqueur on the soft airy spicy finish. An accomplished barleywine for me, big feckin abv, but fairly well disguised. Fluffy soft palate for easy drinking, layered flavours for constant amusement of the palate. Yeah, this is a good one and, with all these good factors, it it is unsurprisingly, dangerously drinkalble.

6

Prunes soaked in alcohol, booze, woody, chilli, oak