Bottle at home, bottle # 08607, shared with Dad, 31st December 16. Pours a copper colour, little head. Aroma is caramel, malt. Taste is caramel, vineous, dark fruits, slight carbonation, amazing for the age. Nice BW aged for the 17 years.

Bottle #20245 with, 21 edged in to the wax seal on the front, at home, shared with Dad, 4th December 16. Pours a slightly cloudy, bronze liquid. Aroma is sweet, dark fruits, figs, as it warms up more honey notes, slight floral. Taste is sweet, honey, dark fruits, figs, prune, interesting and not bad for the 17 years of aging.

15th January 2016
That’ll be me 20K then @ ChrisO’s. Thanks to Leighton. Clear amber beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Palate is light, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Slightly oxidised tasting malts, sweetish caramel. A little dried fruits and crystallised fruits and a mild savoury vibe. Light spicy finish. Old but okay for me.

Bottle split at Kenny 20K, thanks to LKS, 15/01/16, bottle #7,104. Chestnut brown to amber with a minimal off white covering. Nose is musty, light oxidisation, meaty, smoke, dark fruit rinds. Taste comprises soy sauce, tea bags, spice, bitter dark fruit, rather thin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. If this was ever a decent brew it isn’t anymore !

Bottle shared at Kenny’s 20K tasting - London. I brought this one . Pours clear ruby with a bubbly white head. The nose suggests significant oxidation, with other notes of toffee and lightly tangy berries. Medium sweet flavour, a little metallic, oddly bitter, with more oxidation, dried fruits. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Finishes with notes of leathery fruits, metal, oxidation, moderate tartness. This one has not aged well. Eh.

Bottle 660ml. @ [ madmitch76 - 20K Tasting ] - chriso & Boudicca House, London. [ As Christopher Colombus The Millennium Celebration Ale ].[ Vintage 1999 ]. [ Bottle #7104 ]. Clear medium red amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, carmael, dried fruit, oxidide - bread, alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, oxidide, bread, sweet malt, alcohol, dried fruit, caramel malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20160115]