UPDATED: MAY 17, 2024 Bottle pour. Pours black. Raisin, prune, toffee, apple brandy, milk chocolate, biscuit, vanilla. Nice full body. Excellent.

UPDATED: APR 11, 2024 22 ounce bottle - $28.50 at Woodstock Beer Market in Woodstock, Georgia. Appearance: Pours a very dark brown appearance, fairly opaque. Slim, light khaki-colored head ring. Smell: Deep, rich toastiness with a faroff edge of roast. Strong sweet-scented maltiness of simmering brown sugars and treacle. Resound dark fruitiness. Heady aromatics of bourbon barrel aging. Taste: Predominately toast though with a little hem of roastiness. Heap of brown sugar, Dutch stroop. Sharp fruitiness, ranging from vibrant cherry to gooey, sticky dates. A big sweetness and a big fruitiness. Moderate barrel character, though not hard nor particularly harsh in its yielding tannins. A lightly tangy fruitiness and still an intractable sweetness on the rather smooth, warming finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Lightly carbonated. Tooth, stick mouthfeel. Overall: Very smooth and very sweet, though certainly a slow-sipper.

UPDATED: FEB 9, 2024 Opaque black color with a small tanned head. Aroma has coffee, tobacco, dark malt, bourbon and some ash. Taste is malty sweet with a long sweet aftertaste. Flavors of bourbon, dark malt, vanilla and chocolate.

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2024 Dark brown color, small beige head. Aromas of malt, dried fruit, bourbon, candi sugar, alcohol, vanilla and vinous hints. Taste of dried fruit, vanilla, bourbon, candi sugar, alcohol, malt, caramel and vinous hints.

UPDATED: OCT 5, 2023 Bottle, 650 ml. Shared with Zec, JFK10000, MiroB and Miro at my Grande. Deep brown with beige head. Lots of caramel, toffee, dried fruit, some brown sugar, bourbon, sweet. Nice smooth texture. Medium to full bodied.

UPDATED: SEP 26, 2023 Pours clear mahogany with a thin buff head. Aroma contributes caramel, toasty malt, toffee and raisin. Flavor brings caramel, toffee, raisin and toasted malt. Texture produces decent body and peppy fizz. Keep on brewin'.

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2023 (Bottle, 0.65l - 2022 vintage, a sample, at Pien Shop, 20230901) The beer poured oily and black. Its head was tiny and lightly brown. Aroma had malts, vanilla, wood and toasted almonds. Palate was full bodied and rather dry with low carbonation. Flavours were toasted malts, wood, vanilla, raisins, toffee and mild bitterness. Aftertaste had wood, malts and bitterness. A tasty and balanced brew with well hidden high ABV and mild enough barrel notes.

UPDATED: JUN 11, 2023 Shared bottle. Pours reddish brown with a nice beige head. Aroma of fruit, malt, wood, bourbon, and brown sugar. Taste is dark fruit, malt, bourbon, wood, brown sugar, and vanilla. Excellent.

UPDATED: MAY 10, 2023 Bottle at share. Mahogany pour with a robust off-white head. Aroma is malty and sweet, pit fruit, coconut. Taste is toffee, plums, brown sugar. Thick, sticky yet creamy feel. ABV does not dominate but allows all of the flavors to shine.

UPDATED: APR 1, 2023 bomber from tavour. furious wave action under huge quickly settling fizzy head when poured, clear but very dark cola color with ruby highlights, barleywine nose, creamy, sweet barleywine, restrained booze, melded great.