It's real good quality stuff, very old-school, and I guess pretty British in tradition - stout, deep virginia tending towards earthy/strong rather than light/grassy, and a little dose of lakeland-type flavor that is ever present, but much more in the background than you'd see in Ennerdale or that kind of thing. Rosewater maybe? Anyway it's a nice taste. But punchy, a big bowl will rock you.