Leighton (33639) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - NOV 6, 2019UPDATED: NOV 6, 2019 Cask at GBBF 2017, day 1 - London. Pours hazy amber with a light, creamy head. The nose holds toffee, berries. Medium sweet flavour with some alcohol, bread, toffee, more ripe berries. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish with bready malts, yet more toffee, berries, caramel. Hearty gear. But nice and fun.
fellebag (1785) - Oslo, NORWAY - OCT 27, 2018UPDATED: OCT 27, 2018 On bottle festival. Small head, brown color. Aroma is cookies, Coffee, brownies. Taste is sweet
Kavu (10783) - Helsinki, FINLAND - OCT 27, 2018UPDATED: OCT 27, 2018 A shared 0,75l bottle @ Holiday, afternoon with Garrett Oliver. Pours cloudy brown with a high head. Aroma is sweet malts with loads of bourbon. Flavor is sweet malts, molasses, whisky, oak, hops. Soft and balanced. Great.
VastActiv (15662) - Espoo/Tampere, FINLAND - OCT 26, 2018Sample from the bottle at Olutexpo 2018, Helsinki. Colour is slightly cloudy brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Some ripe fruits, chocolate, raisins and malts. Pretty soft.
jookos (8663) - FINLAND - OCT 26, 2018Bottle@oe. Dark brown. Red winey nose. Some wood, blackberries. Black rasp erries and light licorice. Med bodied, easy drink. Bery flavourful, dryish, smooth tho easy. Really flavourful and harmoneous nice. Excellent brew, light toffee chocolate finish.
Hermod (16155) - Vantaa, FINLAND - OCT 26, 2018UPDATED: OCT 26, 2018 750ml bottle @ Olutexpo. As Ghost bottle. 10.5%. Poured cola brown color. Thick off white head.Barrel notes, vanilla, plummy aroma.Flavor has barrel notes , wood, licorice. Surprisingly light for the abv. Plummy finish.
Theydon_Bois (40223) - Hazlemere, the lower Xhitlerns, Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - JAN 2, 2018Cask at GBBF’17, day one, 08/08/17.
Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent tan cap.
Nose is sweet malts, chocolate, black peppery spice, coconut shreds.
Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, bourbon barrel evident, chocolate, black peppery spice, fruit loaf, more coconut.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a rising boost.
Decent BA strong ... works well on cask.
The_Osprey (10591) - WALES - OCT 21, 2017August 2017 - Cask, gravity dispense, at GBBF 2017, Kensington Olympia. As 'Brooklyn Dark Matter'. Dark brown, orange hue, no head. Aroma is varnish and wood, creosote. Body is smooth with soft carbonation. Taste is varnish, woody, spicy, dark bread crusts, bourbon, robust malt and booze. Good rounded flavour to this. (6-4-8-3-15=3.6)
evergreen0199 (5903) - Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND - AUG 22, 2017Cask at The Great British Beer Festival 2017, Olympia, London. A dark brown coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Sweet, bourbon, dark fruit, caramel, vanilla aroma. Tastes sweet, dark fruit, bourbon, caramel, vanilla. Loads going on in this one, very nice indeed.
minutemat (14561) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - AUG 14, 2017Cask-Conditioned gravity dispense @ GBBF ’17. Pours very dark, small tan head. Aroma presents sweet, complex, overripe dark fruits, caramel, bourbon. Taste is much of the same, full-bodied with vibrant dark sweet flavours, bourbon, chocolate, toffee with a robust alcohol strength. A real sipper.