Tap and enjoyed with tjthresh and friends: Ruby brown with purple highlights featuring a small ring of froth yet produced good lace. The aroma has notes of plum, raisin, caramel, chocolate, crystal malt, grassy and peppery hops, a touch of earthy yeast and even a bit woody. The taste starts fruity with some sweet malt up front followed by a nice bitter kick and some pepper. Hint of clove and salt as well. The mouthfeel is oily and lightly sticky, moderately warming but not over-the-top. A nice brew with some aging potential, like to see how it develops.

Draft sample at Back Road Fest. Poured dark brown with an average fizzy brown head that diminished sowly with fair lacing. Heavy chocolate, coffee and bourbon aroma. Medium to full body with a sticky texture. Heavy complex sweet bourbon flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good complex drinkable beer.

This draft brew from a festival poured a small sized head of finely sized light brown colored bubbles that were fully diminished and left behind a semi-hazy no visible carbonation dark brown colored body and a poor lacing. The mild aroma was malty and bourbon. The mouth feel was very tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt hops sweet and bourbon. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.