UPDATED: DEC 28, 2022 Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk dregs run. Appearance - opaque black with a fawn head. Nose - molasses, smoke and liquorice. Wooden barrel notes! Taste - molasses, liquorice, smoke, syrup and raisins. Palate - full bodied, rich with a smoky edge. Overall - lovely stuff!

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2022 Bottle at Craig's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, bacon, coffee, vanilla, coconut, taste is similar, sweet, a little thin.

UPDATED: SEP 22, 2021 Bottle from R, many thanks! Thick black with tan head. Loads of chocolat, coffee, wood, maple, caramel. Very soft texture. Sweet, but not over the top. Great stuff!

UPDATED: MAR 29, 2021 650ml bottle from Bottle Shock in Port St Lucie, cellared for 28 months and served colder than cellar temperature. For my 5500th rating! Pours a very dark brown with a brown head. Aroma is excellent; maple, roast, chocolate, sweet caramel, and barrel. Taste is equally good, the maple and barrel are actually more melded in, so the chocolate is as big a flavor lead. Terrific for balance, and atypical for either maple or barrel to blend, instead of leading. Perhaps due to the cellaring?? Medium to full bodied, there is a bit of an alcohol presence, and the blend is superb. Finishes sweeter than bittersweet, with depth. The barrel does still control the end. Love this! Even at the 1.22 cent per ounce price point, should've gotten more. 17.7

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2021 Tap at Craft Beer Co, Clapham Oct 2015. Poured oily black with a creamy tan head. Aroma: coffee, fudge, maple, wood, brown sugar, umami. Taste: heavy sweet, rich roasted malts, vanilla, oak, whisky, fudge, cake, sweet maple, coffee. Full bodied with fine carbonation. So much going on here, it was amazing

UPDATED: APR 18, 2020 Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, from and with Chantal Nantel (merci!), savoured on 13 April 2019; eye: black, opaque, ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: vanilla, maple, coffee, alcohol, chocolate, vanilla biscuit; mouth: vanilla, maple, coffee, alcohol, chocolate, vanilla biscuit, alcohol warmth, metallic, finale in maple with presence of malt, below average carbonation, more bitter than expected, mildly sweet, slick texture; overall: quite good

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Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, de et avec Chantal Nantel (merci!), savourée le 13 avril 2019; œil : noire, opaque, anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : vanille, érable, café, alcool, chocolat, biscuit à la vanille; bouche : vanille, érable, café, alcool, chocolat, biscuit à la vanille, chaleur d'alcool, métallique, finale en érable avec présence de malt, carbonatation sous la moyenne, plus amère que prévue, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien bon

UPDATED: SEP 28, 2019 Sample from the bottle at Tide's residence, Helsinki. Color is dark brown with small brownish head. Aromas and flavours: Maple, sweetness, coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. Very good.

UPDATED: SEP 28, 2019 650ml bottle. Smooth, slightly roasty and sweetish with loads of maple syrup, toffee, cinnamon, cocoa, vanilla and bourbony notes. Smooth and quite tasty.

UPDATED: SEP 28, 2019 Bottle from a friend. Black color, beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, maple syrup, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, a bit of licorice and nuts. Bitter finish with roasted malts, coffee, maple syrup, chocolate, a bit of licorice and nuts. Exquisite imperial stout.

UPDATED: SEP 2, 2019 Different taste, not impressed, not worth the money, think Bush lite is better.