Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at share. Near black pour with small beige head. Aroma is roasty, boozy and nutty. Taste brings sweetness, chocolate, plus a hefty helping of booze. Strong, sweet with some dessert qualities.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle, 2025 vintage. Boozy cherry aroma with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, orange, cognac, caramel, vanilla, bourbon and oak. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has little retention and lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, cognac and orange flavors as well as having a rich, full body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes impeccably smooth with cherries, vanilla, bourbon and oak flavors. Excellent variant using the cherries well and nice warming booze at the end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at CBJ Tasting. Opaque cola brown. Tan head. Aroma has burnt caramel and banana. Booze. Flavourwise it's fruity and tangy. Burnt caramel. Dark fruits. Molasses. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Dece.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Nice overall. Rich, fairly sweet, could be fuller in body, a nip of cinnamon maybe, subtle roast. Ripe banana in the aftertaste. Chocolate accents. Very enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
10th December 2025
Tasting at CBJ, thanks to me. Near clear dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head, doesn't last. Airy smooth palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation, fine for this style. Airy dark malts, good chocolate streak. Lovely ripe banana streak, touch of banana liqueur. Airy finish. Nicely done. Easily overdone but not here, tres drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle split at Craft Beer Junction, thanks to Kenneth, 10/12/2025.
Black with a tan cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is chocolate, mellow roast, light nana chews, molasses.
Taste comprises dark malts, brown sugar melt, modes barrel, spice, roast, molasses.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a rising boost.
Decent enough sipper but not top in show for this series.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Opaque colour not much head. Roasted, cinnamon spicey aroma with hints of banana. Full-bodied. Quite xmas spicey version. Some bourbon, cinnamon, ginger?, banana. Interesting, warming, but a bit too gimmicky version.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
500 ml bottle. Pours an opaque black/brown with a minimal head that quickly vanishes. The aroma is medium in strength with soft bourbon and sweet pralines. The taste is dominated by caramel, toffee, praline, cashew, walnut and whatever. The palate is full and viscous with soft carbonation. Finishes long and sweet with lingering caramel. Overall: Nice--well made fer sure--but way to sweet for anything but a very small glass. Missing any real complexity and bitterness. I just did not care for this as much as I like nutty beers. Paired it with some Reggiano to cut the sweetness.
