Taster

Nose: Nose: oak and antique wardrobes. Heavy woolly coats. Then it's malty and the nuts return. Walnuts coated in dark chocolate.

Palate: Nutty edges keep going, roast chilli spices, then smoked chicken and bacon. Water eases the spice.

Finish: Heat remains. Water gives the sweetness of some dark chocolate.

Comment: The nose promised Narnia, but the palate takes you to frying bacon outside Tom Sawyer’s tent.

Score: 8.6

Taster

Nose: Black treacle and dark muscovado sugar, a hint of kipper smoke and toasted oats. Pastrami and elastic bands followed by the smell of petrichor moments before a thunderstorm breaks.

Palate: Much sweeter on the palate than the nose suggests: golden syrup, gingerbread men, ground ginger and nutmeg spice and then raisins. Very smooth for the ABV.

Finish: Long and sweet with ginger spice prickle.

Comment: Gingerbread in a bottle. Lovely.

Score: 8.7