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

Bottle at CBJ Tasting. Dark and glossy. No head. Aroma combines dark fruit and doughy edge with a boozy edge. Flavourwise it's more chewy. Sour fruit and molasses and fruitcake. Medium. Oily. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Yo.

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

Novel stuff. Pretty rich, hearty barrel character. Some musty leather, old berries. So so.

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

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

29th January 2026
Bottle share at CBJ. Thanks to Wingman. Just a very mild haze on this brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Soft palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a little cream. Mild vanilla. Modest bourbon soaked ripe fruits. Airy and semi dry finish. Lacks any malt depth but, decent.

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

Rich, sweet, fruity, dark, some chocolate, mellow roast. Interesting stuff. Good fun.

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

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

29th January 2026
Bottle share at CBJ. Thanks to me. Pretty much an opaque dark brown beer, a few dark tan bubbles. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Airy dark malts, a little chocolate, not too much, this is a barleywine innit? Caramel underneath. Vanilla. Nice fruity apple brandy runs over the top of everything. The spices come through on the back end and linger long into the aftertaste. Nice beer. Not that barleywine though, just a nice flavoursome brew.

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

Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Kenny. A thick chewy dark brown coloured pour with a tan head. Aroma is medium sweet. Brown sugars, cinnamon, syrup brown sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet. Oily, cinnamon, snickers bar, oily, caramel, intense. Palate is very sweet oily, mellow carbonation.

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

Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Kenny for this one. A hazed dark brown black coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is semi sweet. Oily, intense, dark chocolate, cakey, death by chocolate. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, oily, mellow carbonation, dark chocolate, snickers. Palate is medium oily, mellow carbonation, spicy.