UPDATED: APR 20, 2024 Svart med riktigt brunt skum. Doft: Kaffe, kola, alkohol, chokladpralin, trä, lönnsirap, vanilj, sött rågbröd, fruktkaka, kryddskåp. Längesedan jag luktade på så god öl. Smak: Som doft med betoning på chokladpralin.

UPDATED: FEB 24, 2024 On tap at gr airport bar. Served in a plastic cup. Blackish opaque pour with a small beige head. The nose is dark fruits and spices. The taste is maple, berries, and vanilla. The palate is full and creamy. Finishes long and bittersweet. Overall: decent but a bit too fruity from what I remember in the past. I am not sure they poured me a cbs

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2024 Bottle poured into a nonic pint. Pitch black with a huge tan head. Aroma is bourbon, chocolate, fudge, vanilla, maple. Initial taste is everything in the aroma with fudge and maple at the front. Fades to chocolate, bourbon, maple. Body is full and carbonation is well-balanced. 10-4-10-5-20

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2023 11/25/23 - Tallahassee, Fl - Market Square Liquors - 12 oz bottle. Dark brown fading to black pour, tight mocha head that sticks around a while with brief lacing. Luxuriant aroma. hint of bourbon, but not boozy, some maple syrup accents, a touch of baker's unsweetened bittersweet chocolate. Similar flavor profile, bourbon and maple play together nicely, nice roasted notes, chocolatey finish. Thick, creamy mouthfeel.

UPDATED: OCT 21, 2023 Very dark brown almost black with a small head. Aroma is chocolate and maple. Taste is also chocolate and maple.

UPDATED: AUG 24, 2023 Bottle @ home. Well stored bottle from 2018. Black body under a small but dense beige head. Strong aroma of dark malt, coffee, chocolate, dry fruit, vanilla and alcohol. Taste is as expected from aroma, solid with dark malt, coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, dry fruit, maple, bourbon, balanced bitterness and warming alcohol. Full bodied with long lasting aftertaste. Warming alcohol. A classic.

UPDATED: AUG 3, 2023 Bottle at a tasting. Opaque black, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, chocolate. Sweet, roasted, dark chocolate, maple, bourbon, coffee, cocoa. Full-bodied, oily. Great.

UPDATED: JUN 4, 2023 Ondoorzichtig bijna zwart bier met een 1,5-vingerdikke bruine schuimkraag van fijne structuur waar een randje van blijft staan. Ik ruik duidelijk de chocola en de ahornsiroop. Ik proef dat ook in de smaak aangevuld met iets licht rokerigs en de alcohol. Prettig en licht plakkerig mondgevoel.

UPDATED: JUN 3, 2023 Fľaška zo 100 pív. Vôňa sirupova čokoládovo kavova. Farba čierna s hnedou penou. Chuť čokoládovo bourbonova sladká

UPDATED: MAY 17, 2023 Finally - Beer #11 of my 10,00th Beer Milestone Celebration, and RATING #10,000 itself!!!!! 2017 Vintage Bottle (A Mounted Police Officer on the Horse) Ridiculously dark brown coloured body, almost an oily black coloured body without much transparency at all (some at the edges when tilted) and a nice three centimetre tall rich light brown and deep tan head on top that stays afloat for a while and leaves a nice lace on the side as it fades. Aroma of very strong chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, oatmeal, molasses, alcohol and the strongest here - maple syrup (just as it should be) with a great finish of warm alcohol and sugars in the nose - very strong smelling, indeed. Full-bodied; Rich, super sweet and decadent maple syrup, woodsie, bourbon and roasted malt notes dominate up front with a lot of residual sugars from pitted fruits, molasses and toffee with a pungent malt backbone that really brings out the oats and grainy notes with some slight nutty and woodsie flavours, but the roasted oatmeal and rich coffee notes really penetrate the sugars here with a nice balance to bring out the strong sugars at the end and some alcohol warmth at the finale to make this FEEL nice as well. Aftertaste is super potent and rich a lot of alcohol, a ton of roasted malts and oatmeal here, but the pitted fruits, cream, coffee, molasses and especially maple syrup sweetness notes are the strongest on the end, which they should be for the style and for how long this has been aged. Overall, a great beer of course and one that should be sampled if you can get your hands on it (it seems much easier than when I bought this one originally [this is my original bottle, but I have many in my cellar right now] from the store) and especially to buy a couple and age some of them for a longer period of time (in optimal conditions, of course), as I have another bottle from this same purchase that I might have in another 5 or 10 years on a special occasion. Great to sample of course and as a Michigander and as someone who loves real Maple Syrup, this was only fitting to have as my BEER #10,000 and for such a special occasion after aging it for almost six years myself. Great to sample and while I like writing so much for each beer, this one finally ushers in a change for me to simplify my ratings entirely and post much less 'wordie' ratings and verbose typings as I have been doing for my FIRST 10,000! I sampled this 75 cL bottle as Beer #11 (BEER #10000 itself!) [of 21 - 10 (for 10,000) of Each side of the 10,000 Beer Milestone and the 10,000th itself!] of my 10,000th Beer Milestone, purchased from The Food Emporium (randomly was able to find this crazy hard-to-find (at the time) stash in New York, New York on 02-December-2017 for US$35,99 (I didn't care how much it was at the time - I was so happy that I found it in the first place!), bottled in 2017 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 17-May-2023.