Drink, Drink, Drink, Drink and Gone

Deep in the dark recesses of a cupboard was a bottle of the long-discontinued La Gaillarde beer, by Unibroue.  Sadly time was not kind to the bottle or it's contents, about 1/3 of the bottle seemed to have evaporated.  Poured out it was flat, and darker than I remember.  Taste was without alcohol and very strongly of honey, weirdly so, which I don't remember when it was new.  It's time had apparently long since passed...alas
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