7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the brewery. Dark brown. Thin head. This has a deep fruity aroma, lots of it, dates and figs and plums and stuff. On the palate, there's definitely a lot of butterscotch, and some vanilla, but those are cutting across the fruity, juicy barrel-aged barley wine. Golden raisins. This is really good - like okay the base is juicy, herbal, the butterscotch cuts across, the vanilla adds a little nuance.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Bottle Logic Brewing Taproom
on 10 Dec 2025
at 06:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle split at Craft Beer Junction, thanks to the Wingmane, 10/12/2025.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is decadent chocolate shavings, molasses, niff of rum barrel, light spice.
Taste comprises chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar melt, toffee fudge, mellow barrel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a rising boost offered.
Solid.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is decadent chocolate shavings, molasses, niff of rum barrel, light spice.
Taste comprises chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar melt, toffee fudge, mellow barrel.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a rising boost offered.
Solid.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2025
at 00:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle. Aroma is caramelly, vanilla, coconut, raisin, molasses, hint of plum. Pours dark brown with an immediately collapsing beige head. Taste is sweet and boozy with great coconut and bourbon barrel flavors. Mouthfeel is softly carbonated and a little thin, but it’s really tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 07 Dec 2025
at 09:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the brewery bought during our 2024 Disney trip. Jet black and viscous pour. Minimal dark tan head. Complex aroma of whiskey, brown sugar and chocolate. Lucious rounded mouthfeel. I didn’t love this on the initial pour and taste, but as it opened up became very good.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2025
at 06:13
9.5/10
Lots of vanilla. A tiny bit sour.
At Taplokaal Gist - Black Friday Weekend.
At Taplokaal Gist - Black Friday Weekend.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Taplokaal Gist
on 28 Nov 2025
at 17:54
9/10
Pikzwart, geen schuim
Chocolade, vanille, hopjesvla
Vanielje! Iets scherp op de alcohol
Chocolade, vanille, hopjesvla
Vanielje! Iets scherp op de alcohol
Tried
from Bottle
at
Taplokaal Gist
on 28 Nov 2025
at 17:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 500ml. -at Ambasada Zagreb. Pitch black coloured, no head at all, maple, chocolate and alcohol in the nose. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, maple, notes of nougat and noticable alcohol with sweet finish. Warming and bit too sweet. Nice and pleasant but not for 40€ bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Ambasada.
on 23 Nov 2025
at 23:25
7.8/10
LCI. Welch’s grape jelly in an English barleywine. Peanut butter is in the background, a bit sweet, no hop profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2025
at 22:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very dark brown. No head. Rich and boozy, big chocolate and the chiles are cascabel, chipotle. Fat malt tang. Cinnamon and chile come in late.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2025
at 21:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cinnamon, appple, so much toffee, rich malts, balanced character. Quality, adjunct bw that works.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2025
at 20:34