UPDATED: MAR 21, 2023 750mL batch 23 bottled 2007, drunk 3/21/23. Well, this one was pretty much completely gone at this point. Given the 16 years, you can't really fault it, though I was hoping the oak-aging may give it some extra shelf life. It wasn't disgusting or anything, just caramel and vanilla oxidation with some light fruity esters (citrus, clove, white pepper) and a touch of alcohol warmth. Will leave this as a placeholder and rerate when I get a bottle of batch 69.

UPDATED: MAR 1, 2019 La birra ha un sapore eccezionale con un fruttato fruttato, rovere, coriandolo e un finale leggermente alcolico che si mescola bene insieme. La sensazione è ottima con la birra perfettamente gassata

Bottle split at RB Best Encomium share, Santa Rosa, 30/01/16 - Many Thanks ! Hazed golden orange with a decent off white head. Nose is tarte fruits, caramel, spice, light funk, oak. Taste comprises fruit cake, tangy fruit rinds, light hop notes, funk, vinous note, fruit slice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Really solid for the style ... has obviosuly mellowed over time and masks the ABV well.

Bottle shared at Ratebeer awards show. 30/01/2016. Huge Thanks! A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is funky tangerine, raw grains, funk. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, some age, oxidisation, apricot, tangerine, funky jammy fruits. Palate is medium sweet, moderate carbonation, grainy. Ok.

I’m a beginner, so I don’t have a detailed comment, but I like this beer a lot.

Batch 23 shared by Karl Meyer thanks. Aged for 10 years. Short white head. Clear amber color. Oak aged aroma with lot’s of vanilla. Light sparkling and smooth phenolic taste. Low bitterness and medium body.

Bottle at RBWG 2016. Thanks Andrew Borken. Nose is apricot and faint wood. Taste is lightly oxidized and papery. Hmm. Decent

Bottle. Hazy amber liquid with small to medium white head. Aroma of dried fruit, lemons, jenka, wood, raw sugar and lime. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with notes raw sugar, toffee, oak and light grain. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Solid.

Bottle courtesy of bhensonb via trade; shared with Linh, ken and Nica. Pours a deep murky rusty brown with no head or lace. Nose is straight wet wood and oxidation. Mouthfeel is medium to light bodied with notes of sweet bread, sugar and fruit. Pretty plain on the palate.

April 25, 2015. Bottle, batch 23, received in a trade with rfraga7, thanks!
Hazy yellow with a medium sized, quite creamy, white head. Aroma is marzipan, sweet malty, oak, ripe tropical fruits, spices and hints of alcohol, some oxidized notes as well. Taste is medium sweet with some sugary notes, marzipan, tropical fruits, light bitter, oak notes, spices with a light warming finish. Medium bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation.