75cl bottle (5%) courtesy of Joes. Black colored beer, small off-white head. Smell dark fruits, slight hints of coffee, sweetness. Taste hints of coffee and roastyness, some overripe fruits. A bit thin, decent carbo, low to medium.

Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours orange gold with a creamy off-white head. Unusual citrusy aroma. There’s a light hint of pepper. Med body. It’s rather fruity, mildly something else, and also arguably some pepper, and it’s reasonably bitter.

28/11/2011 330ml bottle. Dorata, spenta, riflessi ambrati, schiuma pannosa, biancastra, poco abbondante e poco persistente. Aroma variegato di malto e luppolo, non molto eccitante, ma piuttosto persistente. In bocca ha un attacco dolciastro, cui segue un finale appena luppolato. Non così complessa come mi aspettavo. Corpo medio, carbonazione soft. Così così.

28/11/2011 330ml bottle. Ambrata, con riflessi color miele, leggermente spenta, buona schiuma morbida e pannosa, bianca, abbastanza persistente. Naso pungente, luppolo agrumato, lieviti, il pepe nero si percepisce nettamente. In bocca è ben bilanciata, facile da bere, amara decisa ma non aggressiva, gradevolissima e dal retrogusto molto particolare. Corpo medio, carbonazione corretta. Ottima IPA.

Bottle 375ml. @ [ Tasting by fiulijn ]. [ Bottle # 2/240 ]. Unclear medium yellow red - orange colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dried apricot, spicy, wood, tobacco. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, spicy, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20110917]

75cl bottle shared with friends. Gushed. Thin white head. Hazy amber/blond pour. Smokey taste. Quite different for a barley wine

Bottle. Pours cloudy gold. Fluffy white head. Nose/taste of light pepper, pink grapefruit, hops and pineapple. Pepper comes out much more in the taste but remains well balanced. Light and delicate on the palate. Mild malt presence.

Medium offwhite head. Clear deep red body with visible particles. Wooden roasty caramel aroma with resiny lacquer and spice notes. Dry-sweet and faintly acidic roasty caramelly and chocolatey taste with spicy resiny earthy notes. Fullish body. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish resiny citric roasty aftertaste with earthy caramel and wood notes. Some spice and licorice notes, too. Really nice. Rich, complex, and full-flavoured, yet balanced and harmonic. An impressive beer. (0.75l bottle, Håndverkerstuene, Oslo. Bottle says 5.8%.)

Bottle at home in London, bought in Roma. Pours cloudy gold with an enormous, fluffy, white head. There is some floral note in the aroma, along with a bit of lightly toasted malts, some fine grassy hops. Flavor is nice, very clean, some dry grass and earth, subtle pine and resin, understated spices. Medium bodied with average to lively carbonation. Finish has just a nip of warmth, quite earthy with neutered pepper, some more grass, and just enough malt presence to offset the myriad hops. An interesting and good beer, haven’t had many like it that I can recall.

Bottle, 75cl, at Haandverkerstuene. It’s almost clear in the glass, dark amber in color and with a small, off-white head. Spiced and herbal nose with a pleasant maltyness and some cellar and alcohol. Nice bitterness in the flavor, along with herbs and spices. Malty and slightly warming from the alcohol, which sort of puzzles me. Might be some strange form of smoke I’m detecting. Long finish with herbs and bitterness. A tasteful beer that drinks easily. 110211