Tantalizing warmth and luxurious complexity of  Abbey-styled Jersey brew attributed to perfume-like yeast residue, sinewy prune texture, buttery malt sustenance and black-peppered herbage. Flowery dry hops dart through ancillary plum-ripened sweetness, fig-spiced cherry dalliance, vinous sherry perk and peachy nectar niche. Only possible drawback is ester-y citric sourness could be off-putting.

Surreptitiously soured cork-wafted winter warmer (with 6.8% alcohol) provides sugar plummed fig-prune-cherry surge to recessive nutmeg-cinnamon tingle and earthen herbal subtlety. Vinous tannic citrus tartness and musk-y orange tang pick up barest cocoa hint by pastry-caked finish.