Repeating Trajectories
Nod Hill Brewery

Sampling a 12 oz beer can poured at cellar temp into my snifter, no canning date or other date stamping.
The beer pours a clear mahogany color with some rich ruby highlights, making the beer sit with a bit of a crimson color. A dense creamy khaki colored head of about 1 cm. This foam fades to some wispy islands and thin edging that sticks around through the sampling. Dense clingy lattice forms as I take each sip.
Aroma is some toffee and caramel with a bit of tobacco and charred wood too. Some slight peppery booze comes through, but there isnt any hop characteristics.
First sip reveals a medium body with slightly sticky mouthfeel, and soft rolling carbonation. Feels good on my palate.
Flavor is briefly some malt notes of toffee and brown sugar and then this rolls to tobacco and some spicy black pepper bite and dries out with a bit of astringency on the finish No warmth, but the peppery notes seems boozey related to me. I also dont get any hop character on the flavor profile.
A pretty solid english barleywine that drinks easier than its ABV.

12 oz can, 4 pack came with a sticker proclaiming " "

Pours out looking like a dark and murky brown ale, under a large and lasting lighter mocha cap. Leaving low sheeting and then strands and some spots of lace.

Malted up nose, with maple syrup and vanilla up front.

Rich, viscous and super smooth as it flows through the mouth.

Malty, malty, malty, with more maple syrup, vanilla, honey and whole wheat bread all flowing together. Some cafe au lait and creme caramel notes in the finish and as it warms up a bit...delicious, old school barley wine...well worth seeking out....gonna put a can or two away for a one year rest, to see what transpires....tasty and highly worthy creation.