UPDATED: JAN 31, 2020 # 2700 !! 750 ml bottle. Bottles 11/19/2010. Pours a pitch black with a small light brown head. Aroma of bourbon, light vanilla, dark roasted malt, chocolate and biscotti. Taste of bourbon, roasted malt, chocolate, biscotti and a hint of vanilla.

UPDATED: MAR 29, 2019 Bottle from a friend. Black color, beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, dried fruits, coffee, bourbon, oak, chocolate and dark fruits. Bitter finish with roasted malts, nuts, coffee, chocolate, licorice, dried fruits, dark fruits and oak. Excellent imperial stout, maybe a bit past its prime.

UPDATED: MAR 29, 2019 650ml bottle. Some oxidation and cellar notes. Roasty, earthy and woody with some sweet syrup, molasses, ripe dark fruits, bourbon, rye, malts and hints of licorice. Perhaps has seen its best days already, but still really good.

UPDATED: FEB 14, 2019 BL - piękny to piwo..musiało być jak było świeże, tu czuć już po 8 latach echa wspaniałej przeszłości. Drink Fresh!

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2018 Opaque black with a small tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Roasted malts, dark chocolate, vanilla, wood, bourbon, thinner body.

Pours black with dark brown head. Lot of bourbon on aroma with boozy notes mixed with roasted malts. Thick and chewy mouthfeel. Flavors of caramel, molasses, cocoa, brown sugar, bourbon. Still a little boozy taste on finish but excellent overall. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

From notes. A couple sample bottle pours at ChurchKey and Meridian Pint during Goose Island's Migration Week in September 2013. Black with tan ring of head. Aromas of subdued whiskey, dark chocolate, oak. Tastes of whiskey, dark chocolate, light oak a little dark fruit, subtle dark fruit. Full body with a dry finish. Great stuff.

650ml bottle. Dark black. Forms a good brown head. Aroma of tar and velvety chocolate fudge. Taste along similar lines with some faint dark fruit. This has held up really well. I’m not sure it has improved over the years but it doesn’t feel oxidised or deteriorated in any way.

22oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice big bourbon barrel notes vanilla sweet roast chocolate. Taste is more of the nice bourbon barrel notes vanilla sweet coffee chocolate milk fudge.

I have had this beer for a long time and figured the day of labors is good enough of a time to crack it open. Smells strongly of bourbon when the bottle is opened. Beer is thick and syrupy on the pour liked used motor oil. Beer is smooth and creamy with strong notes of chocolate and bourbon. DELICIOUS!