UPDATED: MAR 31, 2019 Very dark pour. Slight mocha colored head. Big chocolate nose with some woody noted. Chocolate, bbq, brown sugar, and wood flavors. Amazing!

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2019 2010 bomber bottle. $10 at Binny's way back then. And I'm drinking this while 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker' is on MeTV. This beer on draft was why I had to quit my job as a sampler for Goose in 2013. At Solstice Fest in Oak Forest, we promised Bourbon County Stout, but only after we kicked the Night Stalker on tap. I did my part to empty the keg. Only too well. Anyway… Finally enjoying this in a safe state of mind. It kicks up a nice fizzy head, deep brown, which stands for a bit before fizzing away. A chocolate and coffee malt nose, with no harsh bitterness, but a nice backing of alcohol. All of that carries over into the taste, but with an extra note of vanilla, like what I would expect if this had been barrel aged. Just a fine imperial stout that has held up wonderfully after nine years. Good thing, since I'm trying to finish off cellar stuff I should NOT have put away. Surprisingly, no sludge or sediment at the bottom of the bottle.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2018 Black coloured and a bit thick. Has a light brown head, medium duration. Aroma and flavor is roasted with notes of anice.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2018 Bottle. Black color With large creamy light brown mostly lastning head. Aroma is roasted malt. Sweet spicy flavor. Creamy palate.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2018 Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Heavy biotter flavor. Strong licorice notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Bottle@1420, Copenhagen - Black pour with a ringed tanned head. Dark malty with roasted and sweet dark malty hits, some resonating bourbon throughout, hoppy backing, full bodied, dark roasted bourbon enriched malty finish.

On tap at Mugs Ale House, 25th anniversary party. 2012 vintage. Pours black with small beige head. Malty, chocolate, warming, vanilla, some light fruity notes. Sweet and smooth. Some bitterness in finish. Quite nice actually.

Intensiver, rund malziger Antrunk. Klebrig schokoladig, etwas Kakao, aufdringlich. Geringe Bitterkeit, unsüffig. 10/10/8/8/11/8

12.08.2016, 0,65l bottle (2012 vintage) @ home:
Nice light brown fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is rich, dark malts, licorice, alcohol, dark sugar, oak, coffee, caramel, chocolate, grass, hops, minerals, bark, burnt caramel. Taste is rich and slightly sour-ish roasted, raw licorice, dark malts, grass, minerals, dark sugar, dark fruits, hops, burnt caramel, oak, alcohol, sour-ish roasted coffee, bark. Medium bitterness, slightly sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Nice.

Bottle 2011. Color black with small chocolate brown head. Aroma malt, dark chocolate, roasted, cofee. Taste sweet, alcohol, dark chocolate, malt.