Tasting at Salesforce, courtesy of Sergey, bottle #1903/2112, batch 6, 15% ABV, bourbon 8 months brandy 10 months, Dec 2018
Black colour, no head. Medium body, mild sweetness; cacao and chocolate flavour (and aroma), but there are signs of age, of oxidation, some tobacco; the alcohol is too boozy, but this may be a typical problem with brandy barrels. Not cohesive.

UPDATED: JAN 29, 2022 Poured from 500mL bottle (Dec 2018; batch 6; bottle #1903/2112; bottle lists 15% abv). Black with very minimal light beige head, tiny bit of sediment. Some decent barrel notes - picking up more brandy than bourbon, woody, slightly aggressive boozy, dark chocolate, still quite decent.

UPDATED: JAN 29, 2022 500ml (thx Brian S for the bottle and Tom B. for picking up and keeping it for all that long time during the pandemic) @ SalesForce. Vintage 2018. ABV 15%. Appearance: almost black with a beige head. Aroma: chocolate, bourbon, dark fruits, some brandy and some fruity caramel. Taste: along the same lines, very barrel forward with a lot of brandy and bourbon barrels, moderately hot and boozy. Overall: a bit too boozy, but it's very good.

UPDATED: JAN 29, 2022 500ml bottle @ the office. Pours an opaque dark brown colour with a tiny tan head. Nose is load with barrels, toasted malts, wood glue, and hints of chocolate. Flavour is dark chocolate, toasted malt, acidic toward a green apple character with brandy. Full bodied, decently carbonated, and a moderately high sweetness and a high boozyness. It's powerful and boozy but good.

UPDATED: MAR 15, 2020 Bottle from a friend, vintage 2013. Black color, beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, chocolate, licorice, coffee, nuts, a bit of vanilla, sherry, bourbon and nuts. Bitter finish with roasted malts, chocolate, licorice, sherry, a bit of vanilla, coffee and nuts. Excellent imperial stout, getting too old but still great.

UPDATED: MAR 15, 2020 355ml bottle. 2013 vintage. Sweet, heavy with licorice, bourbon, toffee, oak, cocoa, vanilla, sherry, wood and toffee notes. Pretty good old skool BA IS

UPDATED: MAY 28, 2019 W aromacie bucha beczka brandy i bourbonu, wanilina, praliny, kokos, gorzka czekolada, wanilia, mokra dębina, tytoń. W smaku słodki likier czekoladowy doprawiony whisky. Na finiszu praliny z bourbonem, kokos. Alkohol szlachetny, bardzo degustacyjne, dużo ciała, świetne piwo...Wow.

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2019 From the bottle. A dark pour with some sweet sticky raisin maple like notes throughout. Big.

UPDATED: FEB 2, 2019 Pours intensely black, small tanned head. Smell is full, roasty, boozy in a nice way, oaky, vanilla. Taste is full, strong roastyness, tad boozy, mild bourbon-fused vanilla oakyness. Thick, chewy body with low average Carbo. Nice !

Obie beczki równą grają na nosie, mamy wanilię, troszkę kokosa, śliwki, figi, gorzką czekoladę, przewija się dębina, kakao, uff sporo tego. Na języku na początku dużo ciemnych suszonych owoców w gorzkiej czekoladzie, gorzkie kakao, drewno, z czasem dochodzi mnóstwo słodkiej wanili, by na finiszu uderzyć lekką palonością oraz zagrzać szlachetnie beczką brandy i po bourbonie. Znakomity balans między obiema beczkami, piwo nie słodkie ni gorzkie, powiedziałbym w punkt, gęste, alkohol nie ma co ukrywać, no czuć, ale przy 18,4% vol. trudno byłoby go kompletnie ukryć. Zajebiste piwo, w którym pod względem aromatycznym i smakowym wiele się dzieje, ale nie jest to przerost formy nad treścią. Jak dla mnie najlepszy tak mocny stout jaki piłem. Bomba!