Hot and spicey prunes with some heavy oaky goodness.  Nose is a solid A-.  Re-nose with water says solid A all the way.

Taste has great sweet strawberries, and dark spicey chocolates.  Sugars anda wow note.

Finish is longer than long and a fabulous ending.   Original thought was A- but after ading a drop of water, this just bum,ped wayup the scale into the solid A category......super swimmer - water not required but certainly recommended.

***SIDE NOTE***  This was one of the collector battle malts and I turned in my grades along with my notes for tally.  When I awoke the next morning (after passing out in the theater - I think I poured a bit too generously) and gathered my stuff, I noted an addition to my notes.  Five of the six bottles had comments that were...well...less than flattering.  One of two things occurred.....Either my drunken self wrote these comments without memory and in a handwriting that is less similar to mine than any drunken handwriting I have created before.....OR someone added them to my notes.....several attendees have adamantly denied responsibility and/or pointed the finger at others.....a drunken handwriting test shall be given following the next session to feret out the true vandal.  ;-} 

n:  Faintly floral

p:  Sweet and flowery