UPDATED: OCT 19, 2020 How: bottle. Bottled: April 2016. BB: 2026 Head: white, two fingers. Colour: copper/ amber. Aroma: whisky, vanilla, fruit cake, light oxidation, caramel. Taste: medium body, above average carbonation, whisky dominates taste, fruit cake, caramel, some subtle warmness. Long whiskyish aftertaste.

UPDATED: MAY 7, 2020 Copper colour, slight haze, limited off white head. Aroma of vanilla and whiskey . The taste of whiskey persists throughout, rather to the detriment of other flavours although raisins and Christmas cake are discernible. Moderate carbonation.

UPDATED: MAR 26, 2020 Copper, hazy, off white beerhead, ok retention Flavor.. date, plum, raisin, berries, barrel aged and woody. Alcoholic warmth. Bark..typical Fuller's yeast

UPDATED: NOV 10, 2019 Bottled April 2016. Appearance is amber, clear, with a half-finger beige fizzy head. Aroma is cherry, fruitcake, marzipan, vanilla, Christmas pudding, dark malts, raisin and sultana, boozy traces. Taste- boozy fruitcake, vanilla, oak barrel, cherry chocolate, bitter hops, malty, oaky vanilla cherry finish, full-bodied. Very good.

UPDATED: AUG 10, 2019 Amber color with off-white head. Aroma has caramel, dark malt, whiskey, wood. Taste is malty sweet with long bitter and quite sweet aftertaste. Flavors of caramel, vanilla, whiskey, wood and some fruits.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2019 Bottle. Pours slightly hazy amber with stable beige head. Clear aroma of malt and caramel, with notes of yeast and touches of barrel. Sweetish flavour of caramel malt and yeast, with notes of barrel and hops and touches of fruit. Dusty and estery aftertaste with acidic hints. A nice one.

UPDATED: APR 27, 2019 Bottle. It pours clear amber with a creamy off white head. The aroma is quite a lot of whisky. Spice, wood, caramel, malt, light jam. Moderate sweet and moderate bitter flavor. Nice!

UPDATED: JAN 24, 2019 0.5 l bottle from 'BierPost.com', bottled in April 2016, cellared for about two years. Clear, dark reddish amber with a thin, frothy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity and a bit herbal-grassy aroma of marmelade, raisins, orange peel, tea leaves, vanilla and some whisky. Quite sweet, malty, slightly bitter, gently fruity, slightly herbal-grassy taste of raisins, marmelade, tea leaves, orange peel, vanilla and some whisky, followed by a medium long, gently bitter, slightly herbal-grassy and a bit boozy finish with a touch of wood. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Very rich and saturating stuff, quite pleasant, just a bit too much carbonation for such kind of beer.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2019 Bottled, 500ml from The Old Joint Stock, Birmingham. Ruby sherry colour with white head. Smooth beer with a big malty character, caramel, toffee along with a Spanish Sherry character. Some oak, woody notes but not overly noticeable for me. The alcohol is to the fore, fruity, raisins, sultana's, prune. Big old beer for a big old price.

UPDATED: DEC 20, 2018 Laid back whiskey barrel aroma in a copper pour. Nicely balanced body with a hint of brandy infused plum pudding (making it a perfect Christmas beer).