UPDATED: NOV 27, 2021 Bottle 355ml at Ruovesi KBS - CBS horizontal. Pours black with thin bige head. Flavor has chocolate, coffee, bourbon barrel, caramel. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation, roasted finish. Original rating 9-4-9-4-17 from bottle 355ml at Konttori 2015-04-24.

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2021 Bottled on 9/9/21. 12% about. Jet black, light brown head. Definite notes of bourbon, vanilla, and some kind of dark fruit. Hints of chocolate when I inhale a little more deeply. Flavors of dark fruit are quite prominent. Vanilla and bourbon flavors are more subdued than in the aroma. Strong hints of cherry linger in the finish. Almost like those chocolate cherry cordials. Truly one of the best beers I've had in years. Glad I have a 4-pack!

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2021 Shared with the boys at BBT 11/2021. Medium body, med-high carbonation. Loads and loads of malt character. Focused on the dark malts, strong coffee, slightly burnt and ashy. Also strong chocolate, cocoa, light caramel, and toffee. ABV hidden pretty well, it is perceivably strong, but well rounded. Very good.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2021 Aroma: rich dark roast coffee, vanilla, chocolate. Taste: rich in vanilla, coffee, chocolate. Full bodied, moderate carbonation, moderate bitterness. Complex, good, enjoyed.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2021 Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, a lot of coffee, chocolate, bourbin notes, medium to high bitter. Full body, malty coffee bitter finish with warming alcohol notes. Good.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2021 Bottle at Slovak beer tasting 11/2021. Pours black color, beige head. Aroma of coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate. Taste is sweet, medium bitter, milk chocolate, vanilla, coffee, toffee.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2021 C: opaque dark brown N: coffee, green, leafy, light caramel P: coffee, toffee, caramel, oak, bourbon, vanilla, toasted coconut, lightly astringent oaky finish

UPDATED: NOV 14, 2021 Nose is vanilla, toffee, caramel. Light carbonation and v big body. Taste is typical Founders wonderful balance. Vanilla, chocolate, coffee. The bourbon warmth really floods in after the initial taste and warms me through. A fine, fine example of a BA imperial Stout.

UPDATED: NOV 7, 2021 Bottle into stout glass. Looks like it should. Pitch black with thin tan head. Complex aroma of vanilla, bourbon, milk chocolate, coffee and a bit of crème brûlée in there too. Silky smooth, oily mouthfeel. Taste has all the same aroma profiles in there. Chocolate coffee finish with a touch of roastyness in there.

UPDATED: OCT 23, 2021 One of my favourite stouts. I had this beer in June 2016 and rated it with 4,5 stars in UT. I never had this for breakfast ;-) .