Bottled. A dark brown coloured beer with no head. The aroma is fruity with raisins and prunes. Cardboard also. Plenty of caramel in the mouth with fruity malty raisins. More cardboard and a little warming alcohol. After a while though it becomes too sugary sweet by half.

Medium light brown head. Deep barely translucent dark red body. Roasty wooden malty aroma with plum and mint notes. Dry nutty malty roasty plum taste with minty notes. Soft, light body. Dry roasty caramelly aftertaste with raisins. Very nice and highly drinkable. (0.5l bottle, Co-op, Ballycastle, Ulster, as Thwaites Strong Ale.)

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown towards black with a lacing tan head. Mild roasted caramel malt aroma. Initial breadish flavour with a mild sweetness. A light bitterness shows through the roasted caramel and breadish flavours. Ends medium dry and bitter with a lingering roasted flavour with mild acidic touches from the roasted malt.

500ml bottle. dark brown, not much of a head. nice raosted malt nose but nothing unusual. fair enough roast, wood smoke flavours nice bitter finish. noyhing wrong with thar one at all.