UPDATED: DEC 25, 2021 Sort, tyktflydende, ikke noget skum. Aroma er sødlig malt, sirup, lidt baileys agtig, drukket meget koldt. Smagen er sødlig, malt, lidt godt gemt sprit. Lidt for sød.

UPDATED: DEC 19, 2021 Clear black, no foam at all. Nice smokey aroma with wood tones. Taste little bitter, complex. A good one. (Velp 211209)

UPDATED: DEC 11, 2021 330 mL bottle from Total Wine, Chesapeake, VA (2016 bottle). Dark brown pour with a frothy khaki head. Aroma of sugary malts, mild peat-like smoke, and faint oak. Complex flavors of cherry, brown sugar, orange peel, clove, and toasted malt. Finish is mostly sweet with subtle fruit flavors and noted warmth. A little sweet for me but I enjoy the complexity of the flavors. A nice sipping beer to savor on a quiet evening during the Holiday season.

UPDATED: OCT 12, 2021 Bottle, 14%. Pungent malt syrup aroma, heavy dark bread notes. Dark brown colour, seems clear. Very small head. The flavour is extremely sweet with a decent alcohol bitterness. Spicy malt notes, brown sugar and white sugar en masse. Very long sugary aftertaste with a little peppery alcohol that warms the nose. Tastes all right, but it is too sweet for me.

UPDATED: SEP 30, 2021 Bottle, vintage 2016. Deep dark brown colour with a very small almost non existing tan head, nose is malty, roasty and slightly boozy with notes of dark bread crust, nougat, raisins in rum, sherry and overripe banana, taste is very sweet, malty and roasty with a roasty, dry and boozy finish.

UPDATED: SEP 4, 2021 No head on a brown still body. Raisin, Christmas cake & malt aroma. Sweet, chocolate, raisin, malt, vanilla & bourbon tastes. Sipper

UPDATED: JUN 9, 2021 Bottle shared by a friend on 5/13/21. Clear dark brown pour with no head. Aroma of malt, caramel, booze and prunes. Malty and caramelly flavor with a dark fruit finish.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2021 Very dark with lasting head. Full malty aroma, with roast and nuts. Some raisininess and smoke with more malt. Long finish

UPDATED: FEB 2, 2021 Botelski. Black in colour, light brown head. Sweet indeed and aroma of roasted malts, alcohol, dark fruits, raisins, more alcohol. Thick palate. Sweet flavour indeed, roasted malts, dark fruits, alcohol, more sweetness, alco burn, bitter. Too much alc. but a nice brew to try though not again.

UPDATED: NOV 21, 2020 12 oz. bottle. Incidentally aged for 18 months. I always pushed aside each opportunity to drink it, as it is such a high ABV. Dark caramel or cola appearance. Head disappeared completely. Sediments settled to bottom. Aroma is molasses, brown sugar, dark fruits, marmalade. Mouthfeel is hugely creamy and syrupy sweet. Cloying but not unwelcome. Heavy malt, very little hops to be ascertained. Slight bittersweet finish. High alcohol is well wreathed within a blanket of sugary sweetness. A good beer but not as polished as Samichlaus Classic or Helles.