Bottle condtioned, 500 ml. Bottle No. 001880. Trade with maeib. Pours with a large, thick and lasting beige head. Beautiful copper colour, transparent, no sediment in bottle. Delightful sweet aroma - Christmas spices, caramel, brown sugar, oak, fruits (sultanas, plums), sherry. Flavour is malty and spicy with some brown sugar notes, but not too sweet. A substantial hoppy bitterness from start to finish. I can’t believe the first two raters didn’t think more highly of this one! My warmest thanks to maeib for picking it out for me!

Bottle from Waitrose, for the record No. 095927. Not many British beers are better than this. Dark brown red with a fair head. There is so much to enjoy here:alcohol, malt, fruit, hops, sweet treacly dark fruit and Christmas cake. Sheer pleasure.

Bottle conditioned. Bottle number 355455Copper coloured with a slim beige head. Visibly quite highly carbonated. Aroma of caramel, malt, fruit, sherry, brown sugar, honey, raisins. Flavours are malty, spicey, hops, honey, treacle and dark fruits. Alcohol only just detectable. Full bodied, but a little too lively. I will age the other bottles. Excellent.

bgreat well round butter taste - you barely even notive it was 7.2%. Greaqt aurburn looker, like the ber from the old days! Fatr beer. Nice smooth finish no nasty arefacts

Dark colour over a nice head. Beautiful balance of alcohol, hops and bitterness. Sublime balance. Sultanas and floor of the forest predominate. Great beer.