Pours a hazy deep brown bordering on burgundy with a creamy 2 finger tan head. Lots of lacing. If nothing else, so far, it’s beautiful to look at. Smell is faint, a little bit of spicyness actually. A little bit more roasted malts than caramel malts, and a tiny bit of hop bitterness. Nice smell, but a bit too faint. Flavour is nice, some faint dark fruits, and tiny bit of hop bitterness. Some nice strong malt flavours there too. Carbonation is low, but nice for the style, and it’s pretty chewy. Very nice beer.

Bottle. Nice dark amber colour with a moderate lingering white head. Fruity nutty aromas. Quite sweet on the palate but finishes with a nice dry bitterness. More sessionable than its alcohol content suggests.. A fine English strong ale.

28/10/2008. Bottle,Dark brown with a long lasting off white head, Aroma’s of malt,mollases and vine fruits. Leading to a rich flavour of sweet malt,christmas cake,and fruit. Quite a pleasant subtle dry bitterness in the finish.

500ml bottle from the LCBO One of my new favouites A more detailed description will follow on a second tasting I have misplaced my comments for this beer

(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy reddish amber with an off-white head. Aroma of nuts and overripe fruit. Quite full-bodied with sweetish roasted malts, nuts and overripe fruit. Hints of wood and alcohol and a fairly bitter finish. Actually this mostly reminds me of a British style Old Ale. 290908