@GBBF - cloudy dark beer with no head retention; roasted chocolate in the nose; sweet, late bitterness, umami; chocolaty and roasted finish with notes of oranges and walnuts

Cask at GBBF '18, day 3, 09/08/18 - dry hopped with Falconers Flight. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent tan head. Nose is tangy dark fruits, mellow barrel, pinch of spice, fruit cake. Taste comprises brown sugar melt, toffee, fruit cake, light booze, dates. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid barley wine for a cask affair.

12 oz pour on draft at Mad Fox during their 2018 anniversary party. Snifter. Black with light tan head. Aromas of oak, floral, roast, light cocoa. Tastes of floral, roast, dark chocolate. Medium body with a dry finish.

Cask at GBBF 2018, Olympia, London. A black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Boozy, dark fruit, liquorice aroma. Tastes similar, slightly sweet, boozy, dark fruit, liquorice, caramel, spice. Nice barley wine.

Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 3 09/08/2018. A jet black coloured pour with a loose tan head. Aroma is bitter black liquorice, hot alcohol, solvent, vodka,. Flavour is composed of bitter black malts, liquorice, burnt apple, little harsh and Boosty. Palate is medium sweet, sticky, full bodied, harsh.. Hot alcohol. Ok.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2021
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 3 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Mad Fox Batch 900 - Falconers Flight Dry-Hopped ].
ABV: 9.6%. Cloudy - hazy dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted, roasted - chocolate, barrel, dark fruit, grapes - red wine, tart, boozy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, grapes, red wine, dark malt, dark fruit, sweet malt, chocolate, chocolate - roasted, umami, fruit cake, alcohol - bourbon. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20180809]
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Cask at GBBF 2018, Kensington Olympia. An interesting beer to bail out of gbbf 2018 on. Aroma is so much red wine and really the dry hopping leaves it with a similar dryness.

Cask gravity at GBBF 2018, dry hopped with Falconers Flight. The aroma is sweet, oily, sticky, treacle, burnt toffee, rocky road, fruit cake, perfumed, prune, date and vimto. The taste is dry, bitter, charred, liquorice, raw, solvent, varnish, warming booze, spicy, plum, date and dried fruits with a warming finish. Medium - full body and fine carbonation. A bit harsh and charred perhaps. Ok.

9th August 2018
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, decent tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Great condition for a cask barleywine. Fairly thin dark malts, a little spicy licorice. Fruity whiskey boost underneath. Some spice on the dry crisp finish. Light on its toes and very drinkable.

Draft at Mad Fox's 8th Anniversary party. Poured a nearly pitch black color, like very dark cola. Aroma was a blast of heavily toasted malts, sweet caramel malt notes. Some light booze. Dried fruits, light earthy and floral hop notes in this one too. Alcohol is there, but it's pretty well masked.