UPDATED: JAN 28, 2021 Bomber, 2016 vintage. Tart cherry aroma with notes of dark fruit, roasted malt, chocolate, smoke, vanilla, bourbon, caramel and oak. Pours black with half a finger of mocha brown head that has excellent retention and good lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, smoke and vanilla flavors as well as having a rich, full body and slick, smooth mouthfeel. Finishes smooth with tart cherry, dark fruit, bourbon and oak flavors as well as some warming booze at the end. Nice brew on a cold evening.

UPDATED: JUN 5, 2019 On tap at Tenaya, this has aged well as well. the vanilla is faint and the fruit as well, but the overall flavor is nice.

UPDATED: APR 17, 2019 Bomber poured a clear dark reddish brown with a lingering ring of brown foam. Aromas of roasted malt, oak, smoke, dried fruit, toffee and tobacco. Palate was light to medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of toffee, tobacco, smoke, fruitiness and light oak with a smooth dry lingering tobacco finish.

Bottle at home. Pours opaque jet black with a large, creamy tan head, long retention with good lacing. Moderate rich chocolate, light smoke, medium roast malt, sweet vanilla, cherry and plum notes, light spicy alcohol notes, and a sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation.

Bottle @ 2018 Great Vegas Festival Of Beer. Pours a dark brown black color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty spicy caramel, dark fruit aroma with weak smoky hints. Slightly roasted malty spicy caramel flavor. Has a slightly roasted malty spicy caramel and dark fruit finish.

Taste at Trail's End. Pours black, with a big, bubbly, tan head. The aroma is cocoa, black pepper, caramel, toffee, oak, and syrup. Sweet and barrel forward. Heavy body, with a crisp, grainy, and sticky mouthfeel. Nice, strong, and complex.

Deep brown with off-white head. Boozy sweet aroma with vanilla notes. Sweet with a roast body and vanilla and booze Bourbon character.

Black hue with a thin rocky light tan head. Sticky smokey roasty nose with a touch of herbal spices and charred barrel. Smooth flavor with big woody char and smokey tones, dark roasty black malt tones, a hint of Belgian spice and big brash dark maltiness, and a spirit barrel finish with hints of vanilla and spruce and cinnamon and raisin. Dark and complex as with a smokey roasty tone.

Dark brown pour with small beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, cherry, plums, vanilla, oak and faint caramel. Taste of roasted malts, chocolate, plums, red fruit, vanilla, oak and faint barrel notes. Full bodied, medium carbonation, perfectly balanced, rich and complex.

22 oz bottle from Total Wine Summerlin shared with drsordr in Vegas. Pours a dark cola brown color with a medium sized khaki colored head that disappeared quickly. The aroma and flavor have roasted malts, chocolate, smoked wood, bourbon, dark fruits, more cherry than plum, I actually get a little bit of each beer, maybe a touch thin, lingering aftertaste is good and favors the stout more, a nice find.