 CaptainCougar (4663), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Nov 18, 2007 On tap at the 2007 GTMW: Pours an opaque black with a thin wispy-lacing dark tan head. Aroma of sweet rich dark caramel and chocolate malt with nice complex oaky bourbon and vanilla. Body starts very thick, sticky and sweet with nice dark chocolate and bourbon complexity. Very smooth and balanced with good roasty dark chocolate flavor throughout. An enjoyable barrel-aged imperial stout.
jezmez68 (281), Chesterton, Indiana, USA
Oct 13, 2007 Opaque dark as motor oil. Served in a tulip-style glass. Smells of chocolate, bourbon, and sweetness. Very good if you can get it.
StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 18, 2007 Opaque and midnight brown in color with wispy sawdust for the head. Aroma is worth a thousand words. Here’s 14: Bourbon, truffles, dark milk chocolate, sweet cream molasses, caramel, balance, wholesome, wonderful, alluring, cola. Flavor confirms the wonderful aromatic suspicions, coming in with an impeccable balance of bourbon barrel and imperial stout. This one puts on a clinic for barrel aged stouts. Bourbon lies seductively underneath a dark chocolate and caramel coating unto honey grahams, and then it’s sprung upon the palate in all its glory. Full bodied semblance elicits wholesome, natural cocoa powder along with talc laden dark chocolate, diffusing strongly into bourbon-laden chocolates. No anecdotal line could do the bourbon laden finish justice, but it suffices to say that this is one of the best of GTMW 2007 let alone any barrel aged imperial stout.
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