UPDATED: AUG 14, 2023 Opaque black with a medium tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee, wood, vanilla, and bourbon.

Bottle courtesy of Sergey, bottled Nov 7 2018, 3 years old
Dark brown colour. Nice aroma, chocolate, with soy sauce notes, some alcohol. Thick, bold, with dark chocolate, umami, molasses, burnt sugar, old wood. Not the depth of the best, but it has the usual great balance of Hill Farmstead.

UPDATED: NOV 6, 2021 500ml (thx, Eric D.!) @ Alex's shared with Ryan. Bottled on Nov-07, 2018. Appearance: very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: bourbon barrel with some burnt notes, some fruity notes. Taste: nice body, moderate to high sweetness, some molasses, pleasant bourbon barrel with some burnt notes that are just on the edge of my tolerance to this character. Overall: another nicely balanced beer from HF.

UPDATED: NOV 6, 2021 Poured from 500mL bottle (bottled Nov 07, 2018). Black with small tan head. Roast malt, bourbon barrel, quite soft, simplistic, and extremely balanced.

UPDATED: APR 3, 2021 Bottle at home. Black body with a medium brown head. Roasted w, ch, bourbon, oak, smooth and so well balanced. Just lovely.

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2021 Bottle at share: pours black with beige head. Aroma is bourbon, wood, vanilla, dark chocolate. Taste is chocolate, vanilla, loads of barrel. A bit overpowering. Still excellent.

UPDATED: JAN 16, 2021 Bottle, 2020 vintage, courtesy of Ryan and Chris D. Pours black with a tan head. Bourbon, rich vanilla, prune, maple, cherry, freeze dried raspberry, chocolate biscuits. Medium body. Aroma is heavy bourbon but the taste is rich and complex. Excellent.

UPDATED: OCT 27, 2019 Une biere noire avec un moyen collet de carbonatation qui s'estompe fort rapidement et une robe noire épaisse. Au nez, fort alcoolisé, avec le bourbon qui ressort un peu, mélasse, réglisse noire, et des notes de caramel. En bouche, chocolat, une certaine amertume, assez alcoolisé en bouche. Syrupeux, avec une impression de mélasse, assez boisé en finale. Une impression sucrée de syrop d'érable s'installe au fil des gorgées. Intéressante, raffinée. Bien bonne.

UPDATED: AUG 15, 2019 2014 bottle - thanks to Hogan. Pours brown black, beige head. Vanilla, bourbon, smoke, char, wood, chocolate, bitters. Nice one

UPDATED: JUL 2, 2019 Ładna porterowa podstawa (pumpernikiel, melasa) z wyraźną wanilią z beczki. Całość cielista i słodka.