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Bottle from Libeerdade, Lisboa. Tonka and wood chips upfront with roasted malt, chocolate, some vanilla, raisins, plenty of notes of Port. Not picking up the bourbon. Medium sweet, mild bitter. Smooth medium to full body. Quite nice, a lot going on.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured black with a light brown head. Aroma is boozy, cinnamon, spicy, malty, chocolate. Taste is boozy, toffee, vanilla, roasted malts, spices, cinnamon.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the reduced numbers 'old skool Covid style' tasting, at the 'Mere picked up from Libeerdade Lisboa, 08/04/22. Black with a decent tan head. Nose is dark malts, cocoa powder, fruit cake, vanilla, spice. Taste comprises dark malts, charr, mellow roast, coconut, spice, vanilla, dried fruits. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid well balanced impy.
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Bottle shared at Colin's place. Thanks to Colin for this one. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose dark tan head. Aroma is nice dried fruits, almond, cinnamon, tobka beans. Flavour is composed of semi sweet. Nutty almond, toasted cinnamon bun, dried fruits, waxy. Palate is semi sweet. Oily, mellow carbonation. Good.