 kmweaver (1770), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
May 9, 2008
12oz bottle, courtesy of artusory. Thanks, Ryan! Pours a very dark, chocolate brown color; thin, medium-tan head with patchy lacing. Rough, boozy bourbon notes in the aroma; some dark chocolate and roast, but over-the-top booze. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: boozy bourbon, toasty oak, and warming alcohol in the aroma; some solid vanilla and chocolate notes present; some acidity; a messy, boozy barrel-aged imperial stout. Lengthy finish, showing dark chocolate, roasted malts, and alcohol.
Headbanger (904), Aurora, Illinois, USA
Jun 28, 2008 12oz bottle(courtesy of HOPSCOTCH)-Pours a pitch black body with a small dark tan ring for a head. Aroma of whisky, roasted malt, coffee, and a little vanilla. Taste is of bourbon, coffee, vanilla, along with some caramel. A little overpowering with the bourbon but still very good.
cmillward (136), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jun 18, 2008 Bottle @ ORL throwdown, courtesy of hopscotch. Pour a thin black with no head. On the nose bourbon, brown sugar, roast, chocolate and vanilla/oak. The same elements are in the taste, with an addition of caramel standing out, plus chocolate and big bourbon and oak. A little harsh tannic finish from the barrel/roast?
AllAboutStout (391), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jun 16, 2008 Bottle thanks to SQNfan.
Very dark brown in color, with a slight mocha colored head that forms on the pour. Smell is oak, vanilla, bourbon, roasty and some underlying cocoa.
Taste is much the same, but with the bourbon and barrel qualities dominating. The mouthfell was a bit thinner than I prefer, but still taste and felt good. Needed something to work with the barrel on this one. The barrel aging was done very well, but it needed just a little something else to compete with it. Still a very good beer.
Oakes (6779), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Jun 14, 2008 Very dark brown with no head. The aroma is a bit light but contains chocolate and vanilla. It leads with quite a bit of heat, some fudgey character, lots of vanilla and then finishes hot again. Assertive, but not in a stupid way.
Beerlando (1135), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jun 10, 2008 Pours a very dark mahogany brown color wit a small, foamy, dark khaki head. Soapy, spotty lacing quickly slides back into the body. The first whiff reveals scorching hot bourbon notes, almost as if the base stout has been cut with a pour of Jack Daniels. Waves of dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, and oak follow. Flavors, too, are outright hot with alcohol. Sweet chocolate and a touch of soy saltiness appear as well. Medium-plus bodied, silky, and slightly sticky, the beer sears on the way down and leaves a lingering, acrid finish. This must have been a just-emptied barrel, because the bourbon is far from subtle here. Overall, this is just too abrasive, and that is coming from a bourbon lover.
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