<b>Bottle 50cl. @ home.</b><br />Cear medium amber orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, malt, toffee, light to moderate hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, has a hop burn finish. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (250808)

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

Bottle. Pours amber with a thick white head. The aroma is floral, hoppy. Flavour is caramel with some raisin, pine.

[500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, Reading] Individually numbered A189556 - produced on 26/11/2007 according to their website, so almost a yeay old at time of tasting. Pours red-brown with a minimal white head. Tastes of sweet red fruits (strawberries and plums?), chocolate, treacle and caramel - an odd combination. Quite sweet, with an underlying barely-there earthy bitterness. Mouthfeel is on the sticky side, although not overwhelmingly so. And, as with all BreakWind beers, there was something dirty lingering in the background to spoil the pint for you - in this case it made me think of gravy for some reason! Overall it’s not a bad beer, especially by the low standards of the regular BreakWind’s brews, but apart from the sweetness there’s nothing here that reflects the high ABV - it’s not particularly complex, there’s not a huge depth of flavour, and afterwards I could barely feel the effects of the alcohol! c7

Bottle. Nice copper/amber color. Aroma is malty and sweet with lots of caramell. Taste is malty and fruity with lots of caramel. Smoooth mouthfeel.