madmitch76 (645), , Essex, England
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Nov 28, 2009 6th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Clear brown beer. Feels a bit like a barleywine but not quite as strong as a lot of them. Malty with brandy and porty finish. Rune (2846), Tromsø, Norway
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Sep 12, 2009 Naked and hazy orange-brown body. Smell of sweet malts and fruit. Sweet grainy malts in flavour with a nicely, but moderate, bitterness to the tail. Masked alcohol. Dry in the mouth and quite easy to drink (Cask, sample at GBBF 06.08.2009). TBone (6844), Pori, Finland
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Aug 16, 2009 Cask@GBBF 2009.
Amber color, small white head. Aroma of calvados and raisins. Flavor is similar, raisins, some alcohol, woody hops. Quite nice beer to sip. Well-balanced winter warmer.
oh6gdx (9047), Vasa, Finland
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Aug 13, 2009 Cask@GBBF2009. Deep ambery orange colour with small head. Aroma is hops, quite nig on caramel malts and also some bready notes. Flavour is wood, some not-too-sweet syrup as well as mild sweet malty notes. RPillsbury (112), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 | Aug 8, 2009 Cask at the GBBF 2009. I should have known this beer wasn’t up to much since it was a whopping 7.5% but was still available at around 9pm on Wednesday of the festival. Really boring for something this strong. Aroma and flavours of banana bread. Not awful, but I really expected more. DJMonarch (6878), Northwich, Cheshire, England
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jul 26, 2009 Cask Stillage at the New Century Hall, National Winter Ales Festival Manchester 19/01/2008
Some fruit aroma. Amber coloured and very strong in alcohol with some bitterness and pale malt in a crisp and dry finish. Madsnp (627), Odense C, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Jul 3, 2009 Bottle@TheWolf. Amber coloured with a small egg white head. Aromas of caramel, sour fruit, spice, butterscotch and orange fruit. Flavour of toffee, warming alcohol, spice and sweet malt. ChristianScheffel (4632), Odense, Denmark
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jun 25, 2009 Cloudy amber with a lasting white head. Strung fruity and caramel aroma, with a little diacetyl. Dry and grainy malt flavour, with diacetyl.
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