4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20Mini Vertical (3 year vintage tasting) at JaBier’s house. I’m going to be rating the 2008 as it was my favorite of the bunch. Pours black with tan/brown head. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon, a little roasty. Flavor is very good with notes of chocolate, roasted grains, some bourbon, and a dry oaky finish with a slight alcohol heat in the finish as well.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Barrel Boris A - pours opaque deep dark cola with 1 finger espresso head with no retention. S - strangely enough this smells like bourbon and Boris. The bourbon notes with vanilla , molasses and toffee first. Burnt Toasted malts, chalk and earthy chocolate come next. Quiet hints of cola, vegetal malts and raw cacao. Tangy. As it warms it smells sweeter, like chocolate cake batter. M - light medium body. Dry and lightly bitter end. Sweet and relatively complex. T - lightly metallic and minerally. sweet notes of chocolate cake batter, molasses, brown sugar and toffee head the taste. Vegetal malts, charred oak and bourbon linger in the palate, to a lightly bitter hop burn. The end is all bourbon and cake batter with a touch of black licorice. O - much better than Boris! Sweeter more complex smother. 4.0
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black, beige head, Smell association to honey, licorice, and port wine. Taste: medium bitterness, and medium sweetness. Awesome..
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Shared this one four ways on my deck. Not a ton of whiskey flavor or aroma, which allows the oats to still have their place.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Black beer ith a small brown head. Malty, vanilla, caramell, figs, berries, licorice and chocolate aroma. Malty, chocolate, raisins, licorice, figs and caramell flavour.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sample at CBC 2013.
Black with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of chocolate, coffee, oak, vanilla, spice, roasted malt and dark dried fruit.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black really thick beer with very little head. Some roastiness, chocolaty sweetness, very soft and silky mouthfeel and nice bitter hops on the finish.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Possibly a 2009 bottle found in a dark corner at work. Pour is pitch black with a quickly dissipating mocha head. Lots of bourbon and vanilla on the nose, there’s some oak and rich dark chocolate, toasty malt and caramel, and some faint dark fruit notes. Some velvety chocolate notes up front on the taste, lots of bourbon and vanilla, oak, coffee, toasted malt, and molasses. Awesomely balanced, great barrel characteristics that don’t suffocate the rest of the beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
22 ounce bottle. Thanks Tim! Pours black with a smallish tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, whiskey, and vanilla. Taste is coffee, whiskey, dark chocolate, malt, caramel, wood, and vanilla. Complex for sure. Amazingly good!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @CBC13. Midnight black with tiny tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, molasses, syrup, wood notes and chocolate. Taste is like the aroma. Very, very sweet
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at CBC. Black colour with beige lacing. Wood aroma, slightly sweet and roasted. Roasted and sweet taste, acidic aftertaste.
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