Bottled - Vintage 1994 sampled 2007. A hazy deep red beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with notes of alcohol, wood, and bourbon. The flavor is sweet alcohol and malt with strong notes of caramel and with a thick caramel body.

Bottled, 1975 vintage. Cloudy mahogany colour. Woody nose with traces of smoke. Rich and intensely malty. Very salty with some chocolate in the background. Dense, velvetty finish. Salty, bitter finish. Despite it's 29 years it certainly shows no signs of degradation.

Bottled, 1995 vintage. Cloudy amber, flat. Fruity, honeyish aroma. Sweet and rounded. Richly malty, still immature with with fresh, chewy malt caharcter and grassy hop bitter finish. Alcohol is still prominent. Already excellent, and very much a different beer than the 1975.

(Bottle 25 cl) Courtesy of fiulijn. Vintage 1994. Clear, orangey brown with no head whatsoever. Vinous, alcoholic nose with some dried fruit and a touch of mint. Quite full-bodied, low in carbonation with a soft mouthfeel. Notes of wood and overripe fruit. The finish contains both alcohol and some bitterness. 171107

1975 Vintage, aged 18 1/2 years

The oldest beer I've ever had. Spicy, brandyish, smokey, chocolatey, alcoholic aroma. Thick body. Smokey, richly fruity, slightly candyish, toffeeis, slightly tart...still rich in the finish, but it's showing me some things I've never had the pleasure of seeing in a Hardy's before. Numbers are for this bottle only.

Bottle 1982-vintage on Kulminator. Hazy orange brown coloured with a small off white head. Sweet aroma of dried fruits, wood and sherry with dusty notes. Sweet flavour of wood, dried fruits, berries and sherry with dusty notes.