(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a very dark brown - close to black - with a vague tint of red and a small off-white head. Fairly burned malty aroma with some wooden accents. Medium body, low in carbonation, some hard roasted malts and distinctly smoked whisky notes. Subdued bitterness. 120908

<i>Bottled at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. </i> Dark brown no head. Dalty fatty nose. Less peaty and with more evident alcohol than the 12 y/o. Very dry with cocoa powder and whisky. The compact malt seems to hold on to the flavour and not let it come out fully.

From tap at OBrians. Pours pitch black with a lacing tan head. Aroma is dense roasted malt, dense oily and distinct barrel base presence. Dense roasted malt an dark barrel/whisky base presence. Solid smooth and nicely spiced. Smooth finish yet dense and mild spiced with alingering whiskey presence.

Bottle. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of whisky, dried fruits and smoked eel. Roasted flavour of dried fruits and whisky with notes of smoke. Roasted finish.

Bottled&#64;EBF2008. Black colour, small head. Aroma is wood, vanilla, whisky and some chocolate, peat and roasted malts. Flavour is quite the same in an excellent mellow way. Alcohol shows a little bit in the finish. Pleasant and very driankable.