UPDATED: MAY 9, 2021 Bottle @home with Pippi. Rossastra/bruna, intensa, mediamente torbida, schiuma beige/ecrù medio-leggera. Naso strepitoso, aroma di frutti rossi, frutta secca (fichi maturi, datteri), caramello, vaniglia, legno, leggerissima liquirizia. In bocca è complessa, calda, avvolgente, molto appagante, dolce, con note di vaniglia, warming da bourbon, legno, caramello, e chiusura amara a bilanciare. Corpo pieno, carbonazione medio-leggera. Che birra!

UPDATED: APR 3, 2021 Bottle shared in Hackney - thanks to Seth. Pours deep ruby-brown with a slight, foamy off-white head. Decadent, lots of toffee, stewed semi-dark fruits, plums, figs, dates, vanilla, bourbon, brown sugars. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with soft carbonation. Warming and sticky in the finish, more brown sugar, toffee, vanilla. Delicious.

UPDATED: DEC 23, 2020 From wax-topped bottle in tulip. Pours murky reddish brown w/thin fleeting tan head, aroma of dark fruits, almond, leather & rubber. Rich sweetness of candied cherries & licorice. Subtle booze burn, very nice overall

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2020 Incredible! Enourmous mouthfeeling. Sweet, caramel nose. Intense mouthfeeling. Honey, hot fudge caramel, sweet, depp, gourguess...

UPDATED: NOV 10, 2020 Pours black with a lasting tan head. The nose is dominated by gingerbread. There are also notes of liquorice, butter and caramel. The taste is cloyingly sweet, nutty, with a lasting vinous and sweet finish. More caramel. Smooth, oily body. What a treat!

UPDATED: OCT 7, 2020 Brown colored, small tan head, not too lasting. Aroma is of sweet malt, caramel, vanilla, nutty almond, dried fruit, toffee. Taste is quite sweet malt, caramel and toffee, dried fruit, almond, bourbon vanilla, light+ alcohol warmth, light barrel, moderate bitterness. Full bodied, soft carbonation, oily to chewy. Excellent sipping stuff.

UPDATED: JUN 21, 2020 Daktylowo-karmelkowa słodowość, dużo suszonych owoców. Wszystko podlane wanilia, slodkie, wyklejające, przyjemnie puszyste w smaku. Ciała może nie ma za dużo ale to i tak bardzo udana pozycja. Lekko drewno na finiszu wychodzi.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2020 Bottle from Ebrowarium. Pours dark brown color with small tan head. Nose is dried fruits, caramel, vanilla, bourbon, alcohol. Taste is a bit lightish, and not boozy at all, a lot of dark fruits, bourbon, malts and caramel all packed into one. Just a beautiful balance.

UPDATED: FEB 22, 2020 21st February 2020
Almost clear deep amber brown beer, small pale tan head. Quite a light palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. A little dark toffee in the malts. Thin malt cream. Good but mellow bourbon soaked fruits, quite ripe. Trace of vanilla. A little wet wood in the background. Light finish. Ripe bourbon fruit linger. Tasty and drinkable but I not really getting why this is as highly rated as it is.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2019 Dutch Beer Review #600. Seeing out 2019 with this amazing beer, from DeBierkonig, Amsterdam, 31st December 19. It pours a chestnut brown, aroma is bourbon, vanilla. Taste is intense, bourbon, dark fruit, caramel, sweet and light bitter, fruit cake. Delicious and complex Barley Wine.