UPDATED: DEC 13, 2021 29 October 2021. Third Great Timternational Beer Geek Tasting. Cheers to the Ghent beer crew! Hazy dark brown-blackish, thin, frothy, tan head. Aroma of pure bourbon, green apple (the feared acetaldehyde), beef stock, soy, wood, beef jerky, dark fudge, molasses. Taste has sweet date & fig, deep umami layer of soy, teriyaki & beef stock, very lightly toasty in a fudge- & molasses-like malt body. Peppery hoppy finish with dried fruits, umami again, green apple & eventually boozy bourbon alcohol, which causes the pure alcohol note to dominate a more 'noble' oak element. Medium to full body, oily texture, average carbonation. Definitely complex & layered, generally enjoyable, yet still feels quite young (and thin!) perhaps due to my oversensitivity to acetaldehyde. Also thank you, tderoeck, for unintentionally providing this one instead of the Scotch BA version, which was my 'birthday bottle' this year, and of which I expect more.

UPDATED: OCT 4, 2021 01-OCT-2021, bottle @home, from drikbeer, with Ulkløbben. Hazy amber with a low, tan head. Aroma is alchohol, nuts, smoke, caramel, wood. Taste the same with dried fruit and Bourbon as well. Sweet and very bitter. God but just a little too alcoholic.

UPDATED: AUG 29, 2021 LCI. The Bruery Saule. Uit de fles geschonken. wow, één van de lekkerste bieren die ik in tijden heb gedronken: vol van smaak, hout, vanille, caramel, rood fruit, bourbon, allemaal perfect in balans, Bruery fanboy!

UPDATED: JUN 22, 2021 Bottled 750ml. -at Goblet Zagreb as The Bruery Sucre. Brown coloured, small to medium sized beige head, bourbon, dried fruits and noticable alcohol in the nose. Sweet malty, nutty, bourbon, dried fruits, caramel and alcohol with rather sweet finish. 16.9%ABV

UPDATED: APR 8, 2021 0.75 l bottle at the Goblet Beer Store, Zagreb. Shared. Dark ruby, minimal head. Aroma is malty, molasses, bourbon or brandy, alcohol hidden, dried fruits, coconut, tobacco. Tart, sweet, thick, sticky, oily, warming finish. Medium body. Figs, molasses, dark cherry.

UPDATED: APR 8, 2021 Bottle, 2016, bourbon barrel, at Goblet, with Didibau, Rabran, Pero B and Mladi Marjan. Very dark brown body, traces of a tiny off-white head. Huge bourbon-coconut, rich, slightly oxidated maltiness - dried figs and dust and cocoa, rogač. Lean taste, caramel, woody, barrel notes, nutty, dried figs, light vanilla, solid well integrated alcohol coming well with the woody notes, bitter, orange liqueur. Oh wow, is this a wow at times. Soft, complex, supremely balanced. Can't say there is no rough barrel notes here and there, but this is fantastic at sips. Huge props!

UPDATED: FEB 15, 2021 On tap at Das Beer Garden as Etain. Deep brown. Smells of bourbon, earthy leather, oak, and light oxidation. Tastes of heavy bourbon and alcohol. Sweet caramel. Oak. Heavy and boozy. I had a small pour, which was enough. It's quite tasty though. I haven't had a version of this beer in years. The concept seems to be developing well, though.

UPDATED: NOV 7, 2020 Große Ähnlichkeit mit einem Triple, oder bei dem Bumps Quadruple. Gefährlich gut trinkbar, keine Spur alkoholisch, Feigen, Rosinen, Zartbitterschokolade, leichte Süße, hinten angenehme Wärme. Für die 0,75er Flasche sollte man einen Waffenschein verlangen.

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2020 Nearly black, white head which disappeares quickly. PX, chocolate, cream Sherry, sherries, oxidation, rum, Bourbon Whisky... Sweet, caramel, coffee, PX, cassis liquor, light carbonation. Better than most Cream Sherries.

UPDATED: JUN 21, 2020 Masson jar, 500 ml, purchased at Clandestin, creative cuisine on June 20, 2020, savoured on June 20, 2020; eye: dirty brown, opaque, no effervescence, ring of tiny beige head, no lacing; nose: malt, molasses, brown sugar, alcohol, bourbon, light vanilla, light fig; mouth: malt, molasses, brown sugar, alcohol, alcohol warmth, light aniseed, bourbon, light vanilla, fig, raisins, final in molasses with light presence of alcohol, full-bodied, below average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: quite good

FRANÇAIS
Pot Masson, 500 ml, achetée chez Clandestin, cuisine créative le 20 juin 2020, savourée le 20 juin 2020; œil : brun sale, opaque, pas d’effervescence, minuscule anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, mélasse, cassonade, alcool, bourbon, léger vanille, léger figue; bouche : malt, mélasse, cassonade, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, léger anis, bourbon, léger vanille, figue, raisin sec, finale en mélasse avec légère présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien bon