Part of the November 2000 batch.
Dark amber pour with little or no head, and no lacing.
Aroma is pure alcohol laced sweetness, and this is pretty much perfectly replicated in the taste. Basically it tastes like an Old Ale with the honey added, and ends up tasting like a drinkable (relatively light) English Barleywine. Alcohol is very strong.
Luxurious in the mouth, this is a silky smooth and soft oily experience. Obviously you are not going to drink much of this, but over the course of an evening it’s a nice sipper.
Like almost everyone else I have very little, if any, reference point to judge this within the style, but I will say that the brew drinks pretty much the way it states on the label.