UPDATED: FEB 19, 2024 750mL blend #2 at Brewing, 2/17/24. Clear, dark, dark amber. No head at all. Spicy nose if you want to be kind. Otherwise, very sharply alcoholic. Bready, light soy. Lots of oxidation and phenolic yeast. In the mouth it fares similarly. Heavy bread, light alcohol, heavy phenol and just a rather uninteresting oxidized malt character with lightly syrupy sweetness and very low carbonation. Not sure why this oxidized so incredibly heavily (or maybe 8 years isn't that unexpected for this level), but it's tough to drink much of it.

UPDATED: JAN 31, 2024 On tap at Side Project Cellar. Blend 3. Dark brown with small tan head. Chocolate, grainy, malty, bourbon, medium+ sweetness. Doesn't drink as smoothly as other SP beers, but still quite nice.

UPDATED: MAY 14, 2023 Draft. A- Malt, bourbon, raisin, leather, cocoa, dark fruits. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Bourbon, leather, mild tobacco, mild smoke, treacle, caramel, prunes, slightly woodsy, brown sugar, cocoa. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- Blend #2. Unbelievably tasty. This was wildly complex. So much lucious treacle with a full dark fruit flavor such as raisins and prunes and a nice rich leathery tobacco flavor. Everything just falls together and make for an outstanding ale.

UPDATED: FEB 22, 2023 Light brown pour with no head. Chocolate bouquet. Taste follows suit with a unique aftertaste, lager?? Good body and mouthfeel.LL

UPDATED: DEC 10, 2022 Wanted to tick this for the längst time and now I’ve ticked both b1 and b2. Black with minimal head. Rich aroma, smoke, roast, tobacco, dark chocolate, wood. Toasty smoky earthy rich flavor. B1 better, more complex. Full feel with softer carbonation. Very nice.

UPDATED: JUL 30, 2022 750 mL bottle. Just about black. Smells of strong bourbon, earth, tobacco. Tastes a little less dynamic. Bourbon, sweet vanilla. Brown sugar. Back end has a little earthy bitterness, but nothing like the tobacco aromas. Heavy, boozy. Strong and slow to drink. Smells great, but tastes much simpler than it smells.

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2022 750ml bottle pours a thick, translucent dark brown/black with some clumpy, grey head. Big malt nose, huge brown malts and caramel, dried dark fruits, prunes, treacle, some roast, plenty of barrel too. Syrupy in the mouth, lots from the malt, but plenty of vanilla and caramel now from the barrel. Finishes full bodied, boozy and sweet.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2022 From bottle at home. Dark brown almost black color with brown head that quickly disappears. Malty aroma, light roasted, caramel, chocolate, licorice, vanilla, light coconut, light dark dried fruits, bourbon, wood. Sweet and light bitter taste. Full silky oily body with soft to flat carbonation.

UPDATED: APR 4, 2022 Bomber @ 40th Birthday Bash / 20K Event. Thanks to Hallinghansen. Pours black with a small creamy head. Roasted and woody. Deep malty with a touch of alcohol.

UPDATED: APR 2, 2022 Dolle 40 years and 20k bash. Black with a small off-white head. Roasted aroma with chocolate, liquorice and bourbon. Sweet roasted flavour with a slightly sharp hit of alcohol.