Shorts Bourbon Barrel Sustenance Black Beer

Courtesy of northernbrews Bottle: The aroma contains bourbon, vanilla, minty notes, chocolate, and faint roastiness. It pours a dark brown with some faint orange highlights with a small beige head. The flavor starts with chocolate and mild bourbon. The finish has light notes of roastiness and woodiness. It’s medium bodied with soft carbonation.

On draft at Short’s brewery. Pours a dark black with a beige head. Rich nose of chocolate and toasted/burnt malts with some dark fruits coming out. Body is light to medium but smooth. Charred chocolate malts and nuts in the flavor. Lightly bitter and charred finish. Tasty schwarzbier.

Poured an opaque black color with a nice tan head. Smell was slightly vinous with a little chocolate as well. Taste was some vanilla, with a vinous quality as well, almost tasted wine barrel aged as opposed to the bourbon barrel, sweet malt, vanilla, and a distant balancing bitterness. This wasn’t quite what I expected, but I really enjoyed it.

Thanks to Drew for this: Pours like cola, with bourbon and vanilla in the nose. I got some underlying citrus here too. Flavor is lightly coffee, vanilla, dry, woody, and finishes with bourbon on the palate but in a way that it was pleasant and not overpowering. This was a treat.

22oz bottle: Midnight black pour with a beautiful head that is creamy and leaves lots of lace. Dry cocoa dusted nose of bittersweet chocolate and nuts. The body is creamy with a nice complexity. Lots of vanilla and fudge, balanced with a punch of bourbon and oak. Drinks easy and is actually pretty refreshing.