8.5

Always a fun moment to have some non-standard spirit barrel aged beer. Stout and apple brandy often work surprisingly well. Firm, quite boozy and some nice barrel nuances. Roasty, bit of umami, dark chocolate. The barrels add dry apple.

8.5

Oldschool barrel aged stout (porter) from Buxton, like they do really well, with some adjuncts thrown in. Not thick, but smooth. Earthy roasty, nicely balanced barrel ageing. Coffee and cacoa are there, and everybody knows they work well with roast.

7

Nice looking pale gold, looks pretty thick. Smells sweet, honey, floral. Sticky body. Quite a lot of honey still there, but not so much that it bothers me. On the sweet side, could use some dryness, but flavourwise quite nice. Floral, bright, tasty.

7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bit of orange browny peachy colour, looks thick. Smells boozy, honey, some sweetness that might indeed be honeyberry. Body is light but quite boozy. Taste is sweet, honey is there, light white grape. Some honeyberry. Quite tasty, but missing some spark.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bit darker reddish orange brown than number 1. Smells fairly alcoholic, some berries. Pretty sticky body, but light, some alcohol. Taste is a bit more harsh, berries get muddled, missing sweetness and soft fruit. Bit disappointed, to be honest.

8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

Reddish orange, seems a bit syrupy. Smells a bit sweet, boozy, honey, bright. Body is light, a bit sticky with a little bit of boozyness, softer than the previous one. Taste is sweet but not cloying, bit fruitier than the other ones so far. Quite nice.