4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Black witha very thin creamy tan head. Bourbon chocolate caramel and vanilla aroma with strong grain notes. Nice creamy palate. Tastes of chocolate, roasted grain, bourbon, light roasted coconut and oak and a dry roasty finish. Quite good.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, 11/29/2012. Pours black, thin dense mocha head, small curtain of lacing. Really nice aroma- rich milk chocolate brownie, strong vanilla and caramel, roast and oak, big bourbon notes. Taste is smooth chocolate with hoppy roast, vanilla, oaky bourbon. Full palate, creamy mouthfeel, very drinkable. Lot of different, well done and well integrated layers here. Pretty legit.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from left over tasting. Has a black color with Brown head. Aroma is boozy with a slight sour smell. Hints of bourbon also. Taste is chocolate, oak and dark roasted malts.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours black with a slight creamy dark tan head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. And definitely bourbon/vanilla. Full bodied. Flavor is oaky with vanilla, coffee, chocolate and oak? So there’s no coffee in this? Don’t agree. Finishes smooth, almost creamy. And bourbon.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Beer Revolution. Pours dark brown with a tiny tan head and a molasses and chocolate aroma. Despite the brewer’s claims, there is a distinct coffee flavor along with vanilla, chocolate and oak and a bourbon finish. Complex and tasty.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black colored beer with a finger of khaki head. The nose starts off with a strong roasted malt note. A nice vanilla sweetness, some bourbon, wood, and a hint of alcohol. Lots of chocolate, too. The flavor has a nice balance of roast and sweetness. Good chocolate, vanilla, molasses, and bourbon. Roasted malt and coffee are also there. Some wood flavor and a hint of booze on the finish. Quite well done.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled at GABF. Pours an oily, opaque black with some beige head. Big bourbon nose, vanilla, cake icing, molasses, caramel. Flavor is awesome, sweet, malty, vanilla, caramel, cream soda, dulce de leche, cake icing. Full bodied, but smooth and super drinkable. Surprise of the festival for me. World class beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
GABF. Dark brown pour, brown head. Brownie batter, bourbon, charred oak, vanilla, toffee, dark raisiny notes. Flavor is sweet and boozy, great barrel notes, vanilla, charred wood a bit of ash. NICE!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 20, 2012 Bottle. Black pour with a frothy, dark tan head. Aroma is bourbon, bitter chocolate, roast, light vanilla, and an almost lactic sweetness in the finish. Taste is dominated by the bourbon with some alcohol heat and vanilla notes but the bourbon is not so over the top that the chocolate and roast from the underlying imperial stout is lost. Taste also includes some dark fruit flavors but they seem to get a bit lost in some alcohol heat. Smooth and coasting mouthfeel (albeit slightly thin as I work my way through the bottle on day two). Very solid enjoyable bourbon barrel imperial stout if you like the style.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample from bottle. Dark black pour, tan head. Chocolate, vanilla, boozy bourbon, and sweet toffee. Pretty good.
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