UPDATED: JAN 30, 2024 Purchased at El Cerrito Liquor from Corona, California for $17.99, Berserker is an imperial stout with maple syrup and molasses, and aged in bourbon barrels brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company from Anchorage, Alaska. The scent of chocolate, roasted malt, maple syrup, molasses, espresso, red wine, dark fruit, and vanilla are noted as you drink. The appearance is pitch black that pours a low tan head that dissipates gradually with a minimal circular retention remaining and similar lacing. When held up to light, no light shines through. Dark mahogany shows when light reflects off the surface of the beer. The alcohol content is 12.7%. Chocolate is fairly rich, malty to the touch, and deepened by roasted malt. Molasses slightly syrups the drink, thickens the body, and applies a brown sugar tint and tinge to the malty comprehension. Maple syrup melds with the malty and molasses tandem, accompanied with a vanilla tone, and lingers upon the mouthfeel during the relatively dry finish. Oak imparts a charred tint that blends with the malty, molasses, and maple syrup combination. Espresso lightly bitters the take, and paints the chocolate, molasses, maple syrup, and charred composition. Bourbon subtly boozes the drink, warms the beverage, and administers a licorice spice to the finish. Shiraz wine gives off black cherry, blackberry, and tobacco hues to the chocolate, molasses, maple syrup, and char mixture. Prunes are discernible with the Shiraz, molasses, and char notes. Raisins are sensed during the chocolate, molasses, maple syrup, and bourbon finish. Berserker is a voluptuous barrel aged imperial stout. Chocolate and roasted malts, molasses, maple syrup, vanilla, oak, bourbon, Shiraz wine, prunes, and raisins merges into a glamorous craft beer. Molasses, maple syrup, and bourbon make it easy to drink this libation as espresso bitters the take. The Shiraz wine is jammy, intertwining with the molasses and maple syrup upon the malts, bourbon, espresso, prunes, and raisins. The malty, molasses, maple syrup, and jammy wine composition moderately weighs the body, which is accented by espresso. Chocolate, molasses, maple syrup, charred oak, tobacco like Shiraz wine, licorice infused bourbon, and raisins leaves a lasting impression upon the relatively dry finish. I cherished every single drink, and enamored by the jammy wine, molasses, and maple syrup combination upon this barrel aged imperial stout. Cheers. Prost. Drink for the love of beer. For more beer reviews, visit and follow my blog “Drink for the Love of Beer.”

UPDATED: APR 14, 2023 Bottle. Pours black. Chocolate, raisin, biscuit, plum, dried red fruit, liquorice. Medium body. Solid.

UPDATED: FEB 1, 2023 Black color. Thin, white head. Dark fruits, roasted malt, molasses, chocolate, and whiskey in the aroma. Rich, malty taste with warming finish and roasted bitterness at the end

UPDATED: JUN 9, 2022 Pours black with a thin, tan head. Aroma is bourbon, roast, molasses and light dried fruit. Taste is brown sugar and fig, moving to roast and wood. Finish is fig, roast and bourbon.

UPDATED: JUL 27, 2021 Draught at Albany Ale and Oyster: pours black with beige head. Aroma is soy sauce, dark chocolate, roasted malts. Taste is moderately bitter, a bit sweet, umami, general roast. Quite nice.

UPDATED: OCT 21, 2020 Sample from 2017 bottle during the 'Alaska Beer: Glacial Awareness' event on 06/20/2020. Opaque black pour with a medium khaki head that diminishes gradually to a film. Small patches of lace. Aroma of roast malt, coffee, chocolate and fruit. Full-bodied with flavors of burnt malt, espresso, dark chocolate, maple and dark fruit. The finish is roasty with a chocolatey malt aftertaste. Good beer all around.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2020 Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a glass. Black with small light brown head. Aroma is maple syrup, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is bourbon, chocolate, and maple syrup.

UPDATED: OCT 7, 2019 Roast and coffee. Some tobacco. Caramel and lots of chocolate. Oily pour with good head and lacing. Bitter end. Tap at Toronado.

UPDATED: OCT 4, 2019 Draught at Toronado. Black color, beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, coffee, dark fruits, bourbon, chocolate and molasses. Bitter finish with roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits, bourbon, coffee and molasses. Very nice imperial stout.

11/05/2018 (22 fl oz bottle):. Midnight Sun Berserker Imperial Stout (ale brewed with maple syrup & molasses and aged in oak bourbon barrels)... Big aroma of vanilla and bourbon, complemented by chocolate, aged cherry, cocoa, alcohol and black walnut; oily black color, thin brown crown; lots of depth starting with vanilla and caramel moving to bourbon throughout, chocolate, molasses, dry alcoholic finish; medium to medium full body, smooth, a bit if a milky mouthfeel; damn big, but quite enjoyable.