UPDATED: FEB 3, 2022 Bottle @ Home. Pours a very dark brown with an off-white head. Huge coconut, vanilla, bourbon, and dark chocolate on the nose. A lot of brown sugar, toffee, and molasses, too. Flavor is pretty good, but the nose is perhaps just a touch better. Sugary sweetness with a lot of vanilla, brown sugar, and chocolate. Still plenty of coconut. A nice bite of bourbon, wood, and dark fruit. Body could be a little better, but otherwise a pretty nice beer.

UPDATED: MAR 24, 2020 Bottle split at L6, from a trade, 22/08/19. Black with a well presented khaki cap. Nose is sweet malts, chocolate, coffee grinds, light spice, balanced roast. Taste comprises coffee bean, mellow bourbon reposte, dark chocolate Bounty Bar, sweet malts, light candy fruits. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced kiss of booze. Super solid well balanced coffee laden impy affair.

UPDATED: OCT 7, 2019 Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Colin. Pours clear brown with a bubbly, beige head. Quite sweet, with a lot of sugary dark malts, chocolate. Full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, still sugary, more cocoa, rounded dark malts, soft milky coffee. A bit basic but good fun nonetheless.

22Aug2019 Sweet, dark chocolate, cacao, sweet, dark coffee. Hazy, very dark brown, small, creamy, beige head. Heavy sweet. More dark chocolate, cacao, molasses, caramel, sweet coffee, soft carbonation, full bodied. Outstanding. Bottle at L6 Tasting - thanks to Theydon_Bois!

UPDATED: AUG 31, 2019 Pours opaque coffee with a thin buff head. Aroma offers bourbon, chocolate, roast malt, and a hint of molasses. Flavor provides sweetish bourbon, chocolate, roast malt, molasses, and a woody undertone. Firm body gives peppy fizz and a sweet finish. Sometimes you have to ignore the rules.

UPDATED: AUG 23, 2019 22nd August 2019
Level 6 Bottleshare. Thanks to Cloin. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth and sweet dark chocolate. Malt cream. Bourbon soaked fruits. Mild spice. Ripe fruity spicy finish. Rich and spicy. Tasty and full on.

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2019 Black pour with a thin off white head and spots of lacing .... aroma of coconut, cocoa, sugar and roasted malts with dark fruits and molasses .... taste is of sugar mostly, coconut, roasted malts, some dry oak, coffee flavors lacking, bourbon flavor is light, dark fruits and molasses .... finish is sweet and of lingering sugar, coconut, oak and coffee .... roasted malts .... shame it’s too damn sugary but I gets the Vietnamese angle ..... decent and the abv is hidden well

UPDATED: MAY 18, 2019 A deep dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with loads of coffee, vanilla, licorice, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate malt with loads of dark fruits, molasses, alcohol warmth, light coffee and vanilla, very nice and complex. Bottle at DLD 2019.

22 oz. bottle. Pours black with some ruby tints. The head is fleeting and fizzy. The aroma is vanilla beans, oak, black cherries, milk chocolate, anise, and lovely booze. Very sweet, with a sharp, boozy bite. Heavy body, with a slick, sharp mouthfeel. This is a decadent and delicious porter. So good...

22 oz bottle. 2016 vintage. At the ISKTR'18. From a trade with Pailhead. Thanks Kevin! Enjoyed on Sep 22 2018.
Black color with a small white head. Sweetish roasted malt, Bourbon, mild coconut and sugary sweetness in the aroma. The flavor is sugar, roasted malt, basement and mild coffee. Desserty!