UPDATED: DEC 8, 2021 Bottle. Clear amber body without any head. Strong aroma, dark malt, smoke, peat, smoked meat and tobacco. Taste is sweet with smooth dark malt, caramel, strong peat, bacon and mild alcohol. Fine body and long lasting aftertaste. It’s kind of smooth and rustic at the same time, but half way through the bottle it’s getting a bit rough edged. Nice but probably best for sharing.

UPDATED: SEP 25, 2021 Mahognifarget klar med minimalt beige skum. Lukter røkt torv, whiskey og svisker. Fyldig. Søt. Smaker røkt whiskey, svisker og portvin. Middels lang. 2014

UPDATED: AUG 13, 2021 100ml pour at Baladin, Camden. Pours mahogany brown with no head or visible carbonation. Aroma: caramel, toffee, honey, dark fruits, whisky peat smoke. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet & light to moderate bitter, dark fruits, brown sugar, honey, caramel, toffee, peat smoked whiskey barrel. Medium+ body with no carbonation. Very tasty although I preferred other versions. My 2500th rate on here

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2021 Roasted malty and peated with charcuteries and honey. Very sweet. Body is medium, sweet and peatedu finish.

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2021 Tasting @ Havregatan 20210212. Bottle (750 ml) from Systembolaget. [ Vintage 2015 ] Roasted malty, vinous and peated with dried fruits and charcuteries, really sweet, medium body with an oily texture. The finish is dry.

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2021 Flaska från systembolaget vintage 2015. Brunaktig öl med litet vitt skum. Maltig och söt med fina toner av honung, charkuterier, rök och trä. Torr avslutning.

UPDATED: FEB 8, 2021 One of several highly acclaimed variants on Baladin’s classic ‘macro-oxidized’, undercarbonated barleywine with the unpronounceable name – this time aged on Islay (peated) whisky barrels. Comes from a 50 cl bottle from 2015 (according to the label) with cork and wax, packed in a fancy wooden case with informative leaflet inside – I guess this elaborate packing helps to justify the price tag… Shared with my girlfriend on a snowy and icy winter night, which seemed the perfect occasion for this kind of beer. Some loose, large, yellowish-ochre bubbles form during pouring, but these vanish in instants, rendering this beer effectively ‘headless’ (as intended); very deep and warm bronze-brown robe with copper-red glow. Intense nose, blending peat with sweetness: smoked peat or indeed Islay whisky, pipe tobacco, lots of vanilla-scenting oak wood, old tawny port, ‘boerenjongens’, candied cherry, walnut liqueur, bonfire, caramel sauce, leather, clove, shoe polish, ‘sirop de Liège’, almond and – warming up – barbecue sausages or even faint smoked bacon. Very sweet onset, candied cherry, pear syrup, liquor-steeped raisins, brown sugary stickiness even, no carbonation; full, vinous mouthfeel, the sugars adding ‘fullness’ and stickiness to a caramelly and brown-bready malt core showing excessive, but in this case highly elegant maderisation, as intended, resulting in a strong association with fortified wines (old port, madera or marsala). The oak wood counters this a bit, but provides its typical vanilla-ish scent more than drying tannins; balance primarily comes from the smoky peated aspect, which strongly returns retronasally, even shifting from the old peat to a whiff of smoked bacon (as in Rauchmalz) eventually. Hop bitterness remains low, while this whisky booziness provides lots of welcoming warmth, a feeling highly enhanced by the smoky aspect – this is indeed the ideal beer to be enjoyed on a winter night next to the fireplace. Old port, candied fruit and brown sugar sweetness remains the dominant factor till the very end, though, imparting drinkability a bit, but then a beer intended to be sipped slowly does not necessarily need a high degree of drinkability, perhaps. In any case a wonderful combo of meaty and spicy smokiness with strong, liqueurish sweetness – a lovely marriage of flavours indeed (reinforcing my idea that smokiness is better combined with sweetness than with e.g. sourness). Wonderful brew, in all, even after six years of ageing (or perhaps due to the ageing)… Salute, Teo Musso!

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2021 Piwo koloru brązowego z rubinowymi refleksami, zero piany. W aromacie suszone owoce, torf, karmel, nuty drewniane, spalony kineskop, waniliowe muśnięcie, i nutka orzechowa. W smaku jest mega intensywnie i słodko, ale nie przykro. Czuć cudowne suszone słodkie owoce uzupełnione torfowymi klimatami szkockiej whisky. Poza tym karmel, nuty drewniane, orzechowe i wanilia w tle. Idealne ciało, gładka i aksamitna, oleista faktura, nasycenie zerowe. To piwo po prostu pieści gardło. Alkohol niewyczuwalny w smaku tylko jako przyjemne grzanie w przełyku. Jestem pod wrażeniem.

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2021 500mL bottle. 2013. Bottle #1934. Pours a mahogany brown with no head. Aroma is smoky whiskey, caramel, raisin, brown sugar, chocolate, vanilla, cognac, oak, and some honey. Taste is caramel, dark fruit, port wine, raisin, peaty whiskey, some chocolate, some vanilla, some oak, some brown sugar, maple syrup, a little honey, slight tobacco, and - towards the end - some cognac. Peaty finish. Sweet without being cloying and incredibly rich. Full body - without feeling particularly heavy. No carbonation. Slick-creamy mouthfeel with a little stickiness that manages to avoid being too viscous or thick - almost like the consistency of maple syrup. RATING #2000.

UPDATED: DEC 30, 2020 XYAUYÙ FUMÈ - RISERVA 2015 by BIRRIFICIO AGRICOLO BALADIN - Baladin Indipendente Italian Farm Brewery Biroholik is drinking a XYAUYÙ FUMÈ - RISERVA 2015 by BIRRIFICIO AGRICOLO BALADIN - Baladin Indipendente Italian Farm Brewery at Untappd at Home W pierwszym kontakcie z nosem - solidnie owocowe,karmelowe,dużo czerwonych owoców.Z czasem po ogrzaniu nabiera coraz większego charakteru torfowej whiskey,wędzonki drzewnej.Smak mocno drzewny,dębowy,torfowe,nuty whiskey, czerwonych owoców,karmel,suszPYCHA Purchased at Świat Piwa. Beer Shop & Bistro