UPDATED: DEC 9, 2018 1/12/2018. Bottle from Nisse666 (cheers Thomas!) and shared at the 1st Kesgrave 50/50 bottle share. Pours very dark brown/black with a small beighe head. Aroma of oak, chocolate, roasted malt, molasses and coffee. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Full bodied, slick texture, soft carbonation. Rich whiskey finish. Took 2nd place out of the 50.

01.11.2014, sample from a 2l growler @ What's Brewing:
Small light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet roasted, puffed rice, roasted grain, roasted coffee, cocoa, hay, burnt caramel, dark malts, dark sugar. Taste is dry roasted, burnt caramel, roasted grain, roasted coffee, cocoa, minerals, alcohol, paper, oak, grass, ashes. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly dry and harsh mouthfeel. Fair enough, a little disappointing...

courtesy of Per - black beer with a dark beige foam left; solid roasted aroma of black chocolate, coffee beans and tobacco; sweet malt backbone; full-bodied, grainy and solidly bitter; aftertaste of roasted chocolate, molasses, Bourbon and vanilla; some warming alcohol presence

Köpt på Systembolaget, Gävle. Lagrad i nästan fyra år nu, men måste säga att den var en besvikelse när jag väl öppnade och provade. Ingen större doft eller smak, alkoholen hade lagrats bort men hade inte några spännande smaker heller. Vet ej hur den var färsk men misstänker att den smakade mer alkohol. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

33cl Bottle @ Be Hoppy, Madrid, Spain. Black colour with a thin tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Taste is roasted malt, sweet, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, nuts, oak, bourbon. Medium body, soft carbonation.

Pours black with a low tan head. Aromas of chocolate, muscovado sugar, vanilla, oak, slight smoke. Taste is chocolatey and roasted with light vanilla and smoked notes. Mouthfeel is surprisingly light bodied with moderate carbonation.

My Bottom Line:
Toasted oak, roasted cereals and oatmeal cookies meld in this silky sipper.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam crowns the dark brown.
-Alcohol heat is just present enough to cut through some of the residual sugars.
-Mouthfeel is luxurious.
-Carbonation is soft enough to let the malt express themselves properly.

Bottle. Thx Per!

Dark brown. Not a lot of head. Quite a bit of heavy toasty oak on the nose, alongside fudgey chocolate notes. Sweet taste, hazelnut, chocolate. The finish is balanced, and the alcohol shows through only in a bit of late warmth. A bit of richness but the age might have knocked the sugars down a touch.

Bottled, from Systembolaget. Black, small beige head. Coconut, chocolate, coffee and bourbon up front. Sweet with full body and soft mouthfeel. Rich on coffee, port, salmiak and molasses, warming bourbon finish. Rich and harmonious.

Almost black colour, beige head. Aroma of the barrel, vanilla, cocoa, candy, coffee, cream. Taste is light to medium sweet, again barrel flavours dominate. Medium body, smooth creamy texture, soft carbonation. Very good.