UPDATED: AUG 14, 2022 samen met yves bij hem thuis een bruin kleurig lichaam met een wit bruinige kop en met een vat sterke drank mout hop karamel aroma een kruidig gist karamel zoet vat sterke drank alcoholische bitter smaak met een alcoholische bitter einde

UPDATED: OCT 5, 2021 330ml bottle from somewhere in the Netherlands and aged for a few years in my beer fridge in KL. Poured a hazy medium reddish brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is big vinous and oaky notes. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a rich, dry, earthy, mineral, spicy oak tannins, vinous palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation, although there was plenty of escaping gasses when the bottle was opened. Six years of age has done this beer no harm and it’s certainly taken on the characteristics of the wine.

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2021 (Bottle) Hazy brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty, vinous nose with caramel, dried fruit, figs, dates, prunes, brown sugar, wood, and red fruit. Malty, fruity taste with notes of caramel, dried fruit, prunes, figs, dark bread, oak wood, a touch of red wine and a vinous finish with a mild spicy bitterness. Full body, quite sweet. Warming and tasty, the wine barrel character stays in the background, but shines through a little. Great beer!

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2020 Caramel-honey with a deep, sweet taste of dried fruits. Long lasting and warming finish

UPDATED: AUG 21, 2020 0,33l bottle shared @ Olari, cellar's treasures. Bottled 2015. Pours cloudy amber with a low head. Aroma is sweet malts with some cardboard. Flavor is sweet malts, cardboard, alcohol, hops. Gone over, unfortunately.

UPDATED: JUN 6, 2020 (Bottle , 0.33 l - bottled on 03.09.2015, thanks VastActiv, at Arde, 20200606) The beer poured brown and cloudy. Its head was small and white. Aroma had, wood and vineousness. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were vineousness, wood, ripe fruits, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was woody and bitter. A mess.

UPDATED: JUN 6, 2020 330ml bottle. Sweet, sticky and stuffy with loads of vinous berries, toffee, caramel and ripe fruits, booze and oak. A bit messy and unbalanced.

UPDATED: JUN 6, 2020 Bottle at Arde's Residence, Helsinki. Bottled 3/9/2015. Color is cloudy brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Berries, dryness, some vineous elements, ripe fruits and malts. Little bit of boozy. Mixed feelings.

UPDATED: MAY 17, 2020 Bottle @ Friends/Chef. Appearance: pours hazy brown with ok soapy tan head and lacing. aroma/taste: barley, caramel, dried fruit, figs, raisins, light alcohol, oak, light vanilla, grapes, wine and spicy notes. palette: strong malty and barrel aroma, light to average carbonation, full body, notable sweetness, balanced by a medium bitterness and light acidity, long duration and an oily texture. Overall: nice twist to a great BW

UPDATED: APR 11, 2020 Bottle bought at De bierkoning in 2009, served at home in a snifter glass. Pours a copper colour, no head and no lacing. Aroma of wood, red wine, caramel, molasses, apples, marzipan, polvorón, spices, alcohol is present. Full body, oily texture, flat carbonation. Sweet finish, the kind of sweetness that makes flies try to sit on your mouth. Taste is just as the aroma suggests, with a bit of pepper. Impressive.