UPDATED: MAY 1, 2024 1st May 2024
Panda thanks to Cloin. Opaque dark brown beer, decent tan head. Airy smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Mellow dark malts, a touch of dark malt cream, modest chocolate. To be Frank, this beer is a delivery mechanism for its bourbon barrel. And that is fine and dandy with me. Rich ripe fruity bourbon, if you told me this had seen Port, Brandy and Tequila barrells, I'd have believed you. Vanilla and savoury wood on the back end. Whoo boy, nothing here I haven't tasted many many times before so, the impressive thing about this brew is how that punches through my 'been there and drank that' default and says wake up old man and taste this. I hear ya and I taste it and what I taste is rather good! Wha

UPDATED: APR 20, 2024 Black color, small brown head. Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, cherries and molasses. Taste of vanilla, alcohol, molasses, chocolate, cherries, bourbon and roasted hints.

UPDATED: MAR 24, 2024 Bottle shared at CBJ - cheers to Dave. Pours black-brown with a creamy, beige cap. Medium to big sweet flavour with nice stewed dark fruit character, a little molasses, bourbon, vanilla, toffee, booze. Full bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Warming finish with more bourbon, raisins, chocolate, barrel, slight earthy bitterness. Outstanding.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2024 Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Wingman. Boozy cakey, chocolate, peanut, hazelnut, chewy. Flavour is composed of spicy earthy chocolate brownie, hazelnut, spicy chocolate orange, boozy. Ok. Palate is semi sweet, oily, boozy funk. Meaty roast.

UPDATED: SEP 19, 2023 Bottled@Alex Tasting 2021. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is liquorice, chocolate, some toffee, alcohol and vanilla to it. Flavou ris liquorice, coffee, roast, some vanilla, coconut and a bit creamy tones.

Tasting at Matt's, bottle
Black colour, brown head. Nice aroma, roasted nuts, chocolate. Full bodied, full chocolate flavour, almonds, vanilla, and a dark fruit note in the finish; warming alcohol.
Bold.

UPDATED: JUN 10, 2023 22oz @ Matt's new place. Appearance: very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: oxidized, brown sugars, some burnt barrel. Taste: lots of American oak, moderately sweet, a bit of booze, supple (new word in use!), some cherries. Overall: good one.

UPDATED: JUN 10, 2023 Almost black. Not much head. The aroma has a lot of bourbon and chocolate, a bit boozy and a nice barrel character. Medium body for style, but it's quite supple. Fairly nutty, kind of a burnt cherry, again decent chocolate. Rounded bourbon character. Balanced, complex, and that little bit of fruit is a nice touch.

UPDATED: JUN 10, 2023 22 oz. bottle, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of chocolate-covered cherries, some light oxidation, a touch of vanillin, molasses, and a touch of bourbon. Flavour is better -- no oxidation present -- with rich bourbon, subtle tart cherries, and a touch of cocoa. The bourbon has diminished a bit, but so have the cherries. It's not a top-tier BBA stout blend, but it's very nice.

UPDATED: DEC 30, 2022 25Dec2022 Rich, dark chocolate, cacao, ganache, sweet oak, intense bourbon. Hazy, very dark brown, medium, creamy, beige head. Light bitter and medium sweet. Intense chocolate, cacao, sweet, dark malts, bourbon, soft carb, full bod. Outstanding, rich, complex. Bottle from Beer Merchants.