UPDATED: NOV 8, 2021 Keg All In Beer Fest 2021-11-06 Göteborg, Vintage 2013 AR: wee dusty but still fresh AP: amber hazy, wee head F: wee dusty but still fresh

UPDATED: MAR 15, 2021 2016 bottle. Drank in 2020. Amber brown pour. Two finger head. The aroma is of caramel/toffee malt, oak, and bourbon. The flavor is on the sweet side but not cloying and is well balanced with nice bourbon and oak notes. Full bodied and delicious.

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2021 Bottle picked up from Saveur-Biere Webshop Lille France and consumed at home Friday 5th March 2021, we had a Prawn Masala Curry and potato things and poppadoms etc. This is a really good beer the vanilla, oak and whiskey cask ageing shows on the nose, nice, complex, but very nice. Much like the standard version *which at the moment from recollection is better, this has a punchy hoppiness, piney, resinous but of course mellowed by the barrel ageing, to continue with the flavour I get molasses, dried fruit, (raisins, sultanas) lovely toasted touches. This is Indeed a good, nay very good beer but it is another occasion where the standard version wins out I think.

UPDATED: FEB 7, 2021 Dark auburn brown with foamy beige head Aroma malty hints of vanilla and wood and alcohol Flava is malty rich sweet and roasty mildly bitter Feels medium to thick decent fizzy foamy Finishes malty dry bitter

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2021 750ml bottle, 2015 vintage. Caramel malt aroma with notes of toffee, burnt sugar, dark fruit, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, booze and oak. Pours cloudy caramel colored with half a finger of tan head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with caramel, toffee, burnt sugar and dark fruit flavors as well as having a rich, full body and smooth mouthfeel. Finishes smooth and a touch dry with vanilla, coconut, bourbon and oak flavors and has a good amount of warming booze at the end. Pretty nice Barleywine.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2020 2015 bomber. Served in tulip. Low carbonation with sweet malt character, balanced hops and very long finish. Held long for reason, didn’t figure it’d be COVID. WOW. What a great barleywine.

UPDATED: MAR 24, 2019 more whiskey in smell. 2013 vintage. very good malting. dark. very drinkable.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2018 750 ml bottle from Costco. 2015 vintage. Caged and corked with no carbonation. Tastes of brown sugar, 5 spice and figs. As the beer warms up there is bit of whiskey taste from the barrel. Great beer.

UPDATED: DEC 1, 2018 July 9th, 2015 - This is a big boy, and like an adolescent labrador it doesn't know it's own heft, but it settles on your gut anyway. For such a dark sounding beer, it actually let's some light through the shaker pint glass it occupies, casting a dark brown haze onto the table. But the nose is true to form, with three primary notes at play: booze, wood and whiskey. The palate is noticeably oily, with alcohol and plenty of whiskey to burn, which deserves to be shared. The flavor is neither too sweet nor too intense, and repeated sips reveal subtler notes of leather. But make no mistake - this brew is hot with ethanol.

750ml 2015 vintage. Copper colored pour, small bubbly head. Sweet heat in the aroma, molasses, malts and booze. Taste is also sugary sweet, smooth, enough warmth to be noticeable. Not over the top, but right where it needs to be.