UPDATED: APR 10, 2021 Black, small tan head. Earth and dried fruits, red fruits. Vanilla, tobacco, leather. Very tasty, salty licorice aftertaste, balanced and very drinkable for a strong beer. A real pickup breakfast.

UPDATED: APR 2, 2021 12 oz bottle. Blackish pour, into a bowl glass, with a medium sized tan head that has good retention. The aroma is strong and features vanilla, whiskey, anise and some red fruits. The taste is well balanced with vanilla, booze and roasted malts in good proportion. The mouthfeel is full and smooth and the carbonation soft. Long and glorious finish. Overall: decent

UPDATED: MAR 27, 2021 2018 version sampled here - 12 oz squirrelled away- oily blackness. Still tasted like a good stout. Barrel aging showed up as vanilla on back end. Lovely.

UPDATED: MAR 12, 2021 12 oz bottle. Pours a black with dark tan head that lingers. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, brown sugar. Flavor is of roasted malts, a bit of coffee, whiskey. Exceptionally well balanced and smooth.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2021 Phenomenal! Caramel, butter, vanilla, and a tad coffee fused together for a perfect elixir

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2021 Aroma of intense bourbon, coffee, milk chocolate, cream, maple syrup, whisky, licorice Pitch black with medium lasting head Taste is licorice, vanilla, lots of bourbon whisky, maple syrup, chocolate, coffee, malt and oats Mouthfeel is extremely creamy, and has little to no carbonation Really amazing!

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2021 Pitch black with small brownish head. Smell of malt, dark chocolate, coffee and licorice. Taste of dark malt, syrop, dark chocolate, coffee, licorice, vanilla and hints of bourbon. Really smooth and a great stout. Tasted on holiday in Blåvand.

UPDATED: FEB 22, 2021 The creaminess is crazy. Beautiful layers that build into the punchy barrel flavor. Wonderfully made malt. Everything in nice balance. The bourbon is almost over the top, but the high abv manages to blend in with it. Fantastic.

UPDATED: FEB 18, 2021 This is by far the best stout I have ever tasted, and top 5 in best beer ever tasted

UPDATED: FEB 14, 2021 355ml bottle brewed in Michigan at 12.2% (2019 vintage). Black with a neat tawny head, decent duration. Caramel and vanilla with some lurking coffee and chocolate fudge succulence in the aroma. Lowish carbonation, robust texture. Bitter finish with light alcohol. Sweet chocolate and coffee ground developing more complexity, then bourbon wood kicks in in the aftertaste. Thoroughly souped-up version of their Breakfast Stout, staying close to it in terms of flavour profile, perhaps a little sweeter all-in-all despite the increased bitterness. Complex, rich, balanced - but perhaps a little overrated. Still, it deserves credit for popularising the style, and definitely delivers on it.