On tap at Beervana 2008. Pours cloudy amber. Aroma is yeasty with some hop & sweetness. Explodes with flavours, sweet beginnings, then some milk chocolate leading into caramel, hops remain throughout in the background. The bitterness breaks through the sweetness to make this a really balanced strong flavoured dangerously drinkable beer.

Bottled at the inn. Pours a hazy amber with no head. Quite sweet with a bit of late bitterness. Sweet aromas of toffee, dates pears and port (with a bit of cork). Also hints of nutmeg. Full bodied. Sticky and slightly alcoholic mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. Dry and sweet finish.

Tasted 31/01/2008. Bottle direct from the brewery, courtesy of Papsoe. Deep hazy gold with a creamy lacy head. Bready malts, a little lilac, all spice, alcohol and lacquer. Sweet malty goodness, up front in the mouth, gives way to more complex fruity notes of orange and raisin - with a hint dessert riesling through the back and on the palate. Alcohol is warming but never hot. Resiny notes come through in the finish. Low bitterness. Weighty, lowly carbonated. Excellent beer in the making, just let down slightly by the lacquer-like note on the nose.

(Bottle 33 cl) Danish beer bottle. Slightly hazy amber golden with a creamy, off-white head. Aroma of yeast, sherry and alcohol. Very full-bodied, a little low in carbonation with extremely complex fruit notes with plenty of Belgian esters and a little yeastiness. Very subdued bitterness. Somehow it appears as if they cannot really do anything wrong at The Mussel Inn. 310108

330ml bottle from the brewery. Little aroma, Copper/orange with faint carmonation and no head. Sweet & dry. Big warm, orange almost Grand Marnier like. Plum pudding, rich sweet finish.