8

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

Bottle. Color: Lightly hazy amber, very thin beige head. Aroma: Malty, caramel, figs. Taste: Malty, caramel and fig notes, floral hop backbone. Moderate sweet and light going towards over moderate bitterness. Medium body, low carbonation. Dry-ish finish. Nice old English style BarleyWine.

8.6

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

bottle at de dikke koning Amersfoort ...dark black ...no head ..soft chocolate roast malts ..dark rich chocolate roast malts nose ..dark black ..big coffee chocolate ..soft roast big coconut ...big bih coconut

7

Magus, mõru, šokolaadine, vanilje, röst, linnaseline, nats alksi. Ok.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Aroma is dark dried fruity, bordering slightly souris or tart, figs, alc. bite, chocolate, roasted malts.Flavor is as advertised chocolate cookies, or perhaps dry chocolate cake, but the figs are much more subtle than in the aroma, the overall feel is sweet, not dark fruity, tastes like a good dessert chocolate cake with frosting and all. bit sweet. very pastry stoutish, but fairly taste although quite sweet. good dark chocolate, there is some faint dark dried fruits just before the ending. quite complex.

8

Sweet and boozy, quite thin body. Bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, very nice.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

armoa of roasted malts, chocolate cookies, toffee, bourbon. mellow velvety aroma, but alc. is sticking out a bit.
Flavor quite nice nice, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, honey or coconut or syrup, bitter dark caramel (would rather not have this) . end is lacking a serious roasted malty aftertaste, instead i get a watery borbonish meh..
decent bourbon BA imp stout, but not the best. at least not now, 5yrs after botteling.

8.6

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

Bottle thanks to Stuu's Chicago adventure.
Appearance - jet black with an edge of red light at the sides.
Nose - dark chocolate, sweet spice, coconut and coffee with woody edge.
Taste - more chocolate and coconut, prunes, caramel and chocolate orange.
Palate - full bodied, sweet middle and chewy finish.
Overall - lovely stuff!

6.5

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

Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit aroma with light citrus. Tropical fruit and light summer fruit flavor with light malt and light diesel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and light summer fruit linger with light malt and light diesel.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

2018 bottle, tasted 2025..dark brown, fizzy brown to light brown head that soon goes away.
mild and tempered roasted malty aroma with notes of fine mellow velvety booze, chocolate. not sure if the booze or the age but this one is milder and less complex in the aroma than their 30yr anniversary i tasted just before. charred wood, wood, sweet licorice. no alc bite. quite okay aroma but a bit too neutral and mild.
Flavor is sweet syrup or honey, roasted malts, sweet licorice, wood, faint toasted malts, very velvety and blended, tastes like the best gourmet luxury chocolate dessert cake you can imagine. The bourbon is detectable as part of the great taste, i noticed it more after a few sips and after having identified the other stuff. The bourbon is actually quite tastable once identified. like an iceberg.. you only notice the top first.

flavor is bordering too boozy, but only bordering. could be better if it was a bit less boozy.