Tastes

Malt, floral honey, vanilla, caramel, slightly savoury vegetal maltiness, cognac, chocolate raisins. Smooth, spicy, sweet honey flavours lingering, slight mustiness. Slightly thin for the price.

Pepper, honey, wood spice, dried apricot, musty vanilla, toasty malt, herbaceous, brown sugar. Banana smoothie: banana, oats/malt, cinnamon, honey. Spicy, sweet, musty finish. A little thin but easy drinking.

Wet boot, musty funkiness, raisins and dark dried fruit, coffee grounds, bitter dark chocolate, hoppy. Very smooth, growing spice, lingering dark chocolate flavour.

Earthy funkiness, light fruits, citrus, vanilla caramel, white truffle, wood, malt biscuits, floral lemon myrtle, hoppy. Smooth, mild spice, big rich savoury body, mellow.

Pears, vanilla, camp-fire smoke, earthy root vegetables, cream, pepper, malty sweetness, cinnamon Christmas spices. Slightly thin flavour on the tongue, sweet, then some spice and short lingering smoke. Pleasant to drink, not necessarily impressive but great value.

Smoked fish/ham, dried shallot, slight hint of malty sweetness, peppery rocket, iodine. Incredibly smooth with sweet apples on the tongue, subtle warm spiciness and lingering full body smoke and a hint of salt.

Iodine, ashy smoke, sweet pear, spicy wood. Hot spice on the tip of the tongue, full body sweetness, smokey iodine and slight sea salt finish.

Christmas spices, treacle, cake, dark berries, honey, vanilla, musty wood, dark chocolate, burnt toast, dense malt, caramelised oven roasted carrots/sweet potato. Adding a dash of water brings out body of sweet chocolate, toffee, plum pudding with custard. Sweet and smooth on the tip of the tongue, followed by hot spices, slight smokiness, long woody finish.

Salted toffee/caramel, slightly briney, dense malt, peppery horseradish, musty wood spice, dried fruit. Smooth, oily sweetness with strong spicy wood and smokey finish.

Menthol, eucalyptus, floral honey, mint, hay, cheap hard candy, fresh green vegetables, fresh sweet pea. Smooth, oily and sweet on the tongue, savoury grain, then spicy finish.