4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
2012 bottle. Pours a viscous black with almost no head; it coats the inside of the tulip with an oily sheen. Very boozy aroma with chocolate, molasses, and some anise. Decadent chocolate (reminiscent of a fudge-coated brownie), is the dominant taste with some black licorice, vanilla, heavy roasted malt, and a ton of hot bourbon. Slick, heavy texture that coats the mouth. Fantastic stout and a beautiful sipper; I only wish I had another bottle to cellar for a few years to let some of the heat die down.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours an opaque, very dark brown with a short, caramelized-colored head. Coconutty, powder cocoa, oak, vanilla, and bourbon on the nose. Mouthfeel is a bit thin for the style, but not unpleasant. Flavors of coconut, hazelnut, chocolate, vanilla, and oak. Quite boozy. The alcohol is pretty overwhelming. Still a pretty good brew.
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
On tap at Crazy Harrys. This beer pours like a melted chocolate. Deep and dark with a thickness like no other. The head was minimal, to be expected with this style and the nose was rich with complexity. Hints of dark chocolate, lots of bourbon and oakyness. Incredible beer. A must have for dark beer lovers.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
After having one other barrel roll and not being impressed I was hoping this wouldn’t let me down and, it didn’t. A treat. The pour is dark black with a filthy brown head. The nose is just like I like a bourbon stout to be, booze bomb. Big vanilla, chocolate, licorice, whiskey, coffee, toffee, coconut, cherries, leather. The taste is high sweet and low bitter with a nice sweet finish. The texture is silky smooth, creamy, big body and a long finish. Really good beer.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured from bottle on 04/26/13. Pours black with thick caramel head. Aromas of bourbon and chocolate. Initially flavors of bourbon and roasted sweet malt with a finish of chocolate and coffee. This is a big BA RIS.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
750 c&c from Beverages for Less in Santee, CA. Fred is the beer guy! Pours very dark brown with a tan smear. Aromas of dark fruit, anise, bourbon, chocolate and a lot of other stuff. Full bodied. Flavor is chocolate coated bourbon and dark fruit with a touch of coffee. No heat. Most excellent.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours black with tan head gone in an instant. Aroma is fantastic canilla sugar cookies and booze. Taste is thick sweet bourbon and loads of burnt caramel.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Chocoaltey, bourbonny, slight roast, dark fruits, everything you come to expect in the style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle .. . pours a deep black .. . medium foam, spots of light lacing .. . woo, quite the alcohol burn .. . tar and mild barrel .. . this might be magic in a year or two .. . . im infallible, young fella!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml c&c bottle served in a Southern Tier tulip. 2012 vintage, bottle #4326/5360.
A: Pours a pitch black color with very thin dark mocha head forming on the pour. It recedes to minuscule ring pretty quickly then to nothing. Some stick is left down the glass.
S: Definitely boozy upfront. Pretty sweet caramel presence with some definitive barrel notes. Vanilla, oak and bourbon. Glazed prunes with a little roast.
T: Boozy bourbon notes with nice rich chocolate undertone. Big barrel with some sweet caramel and oak with a hint of roasted malts.
M: Smooth,heavy and silky. Medium low carbonation with a sticky mouthfeel.
O: A very big beer, but not over the top in heat and sweetness. Very solid all around with a great mouthfeel for a beer this big.
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