4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Aroma of bourbon, coffee and dark chocolate. Tastes of coffee and cocoa beans, mild sweet and no bitter aftertaste. Clean and smooth mouthfeel. An excellent brew overall but may not be worth the money. Definitely worth the try if you can get a free taste!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Would post a more professional review but with the hype and the price I was too disappointed. Flavor was oak and dark fruit at lower temperature, vanilla oak and bourbon as it warmed. Flavors never really come together to compliment each other and it drank like syrup. Overall impression was a good recipe with poor execution.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours black with an offwhite head. Smells of a beautiful bourbon with vanilla. Tastes strongly of vanilla, with a heavy sweetness and mild bitter. Medium bodied. Light carbonation. Creamy texture. Finishes slightly cloyingly.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown with a tiny, tan head. Malty with fruity tones. Malt, vanilla, oak and fruit. Full body with a bitter sweet after taste.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle from Hops and vines. Pours Black with two fingers of khaki head. Just a beautiful beer to look at. Big aroma with notes of vanilla and cocoa and a slight hint of toffee. The taste is big as well with the vanilla becoming more prominent as the beer warms.Finishes clean. It’s a rich robust brew to be luxuriated over. Unfortunately I drank it a lot quicker then I wanted but it was too good to put down.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle - hops & vines- pours black with 2 fingers of lively milk chocolate foam. Aroma is malty, chocolate, caramel, and the bite of alcohol. Taste is sweet with a barely bitter finish. Palate has some weight like milk. I’m tasting a bit of the alcohol but not so much that it is a negative. I’d also note that we got it for $29, but later saw it for $23 at Appalachian Vintner. Ouch. Probably wouldn’t pay that much to get it again, but I’m enjoying it now.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 22, 2011 750ml bottle.Black pour with a good amount of tan head. Aromas of bourbon, oak, vanilla, and some roast. Slightly sweet with lots of bourbon, alcohol, wood - chocolate and coffee as it warms. Not worth the price.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
I would say that I found a bottle at spirits. It may have been a corked and caged 750ml that poured I nice deep brown with an espresso color head. Possibly smelled of bourbon, vanilla, roasted malt, and yeast. At first the flavor was all bourbon but after I let it sit for a few minutes the range of flavors opened up. Chocolate and espresso laced into a beautiful whiskey and oak flavor. Mouth feel has a silky corbonation from the champagne yeast. But this beer never happend...... Cheers.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thanks Dak for helping me get this. So, if I had tasted this, the alcohol shows up all thru this, the nose, the taste, and the finish. There is a roasted malt in the aroma. Not as thick as I was expecting. The Bourbon is not as stronge as I expected. It is very woody with some coffee notes showing up. It has a clean finish, but it is too hot. Its good, but I would not go out of my way to get this again.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a jet black with a big brown head that barely laces at all. Nose is of oak, bourbon, toasty malts. The taste follows the nose and adds dark chocolate, espresso beans, and faded hops. A very solid offering.
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