2006 vintage, $6.95 at Green’s, Ponce de Leon, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Nice presentation in the blue, unusual shaped bottle with the swing-top. Certainly an eye-catcher.

Pour is a disappointing, drab, murky dark brown that looks like a cross between a Dubbel and a Porter. Not at all attractive. The appearance is not helped by a somewhat flat feel that adds up to an underwhelming start.

Aroma is a milk chocolate based alcohol.

Warming, acidic hops with a strong alcohol presence. Some sharp, dry bitterness in the finish, and hot on the way down. A bit like a poor Scotch.

I dunno, it just didn’t really grab me. I think this needs time to sort itself out, I’d like to re-visit this again in a couple of years, but for now I’m done.