A dark reddish brown barleywine with a thin off white head. A nice caramel aroma, floral hops, vinous notes. In ,mouth, a rather light barley wine, a bit lactic, with nutty notes, a bit of chocolate, very roasted malt for a BW. Nice offering. Bottle from Capflu. Shared Aug. 2008, with Capflu, GRM, et al., Brasseurs du temps gathering.

Small yellow-beige head over practically opaque brownruby beer. Fruity, sourish, alcoholic & lightly salt-smoked nose; some chocolate initially; very complex, with earthy and fiery components. Tantalizing nose, even when the sourishness makes me a bit weary. Bitterish, wood, earthy, bitter chocolate, oakwood, discreet hops. This is really growing on me. Warming up, black cardemom, alcohol-drenched oakwood, more chocolate and a light milk trace. Well-bodied, very slick, slight alcoholwarming. Excellent, very complex and yet reasonably restrained BW. <i> I quite didn’t catch how you came across this gem, joss, but thank you very much indeed! </i>

Bottle courtesy of my brother: (11% on label) Pours a dark brown with a medium tight tan head. Nice sweet malty aroma. caramel and chocolate malt, some oak and raisin tones. Medium malt body. dark fruit , light clean bitterness in the finish. No noticable alc in the body which is impressive for 11%.

Bottle. Very dark brown with a red shine, creamy brown layer. Slightly oxidized cedarwood and light cherry aroma. Wood, strong tobacco notes - smothering everything else, berries, a bit vanilla. Roast and smoke aftertaste. Fairly lightbodied for the style. Flavors will likely mellow out with time, which only can help - the over the top cigar notes are a real killer. I imagine the body is only going to get lighter though.