Michigan BGF 06: Opaque with a fine oily film, nice! Major vanilla, bourbon, woody nose with some roasted character and a hint of coffee and ripened fruit. The bourbon is well pronounced on the palate but you still are able to detect the roasted malty Impy nature under it all. Finish displays coffee, chocolate and oak. The mouth feel is oily and lush, moderate alcoholic warming. Just taken to the point of becoming too much, ultimately the bourbon worked okay and I enjoyed the brew.

Draft sample at MBGF. Black color with a moderate frothy brown head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Heavy toffee roasted malt aroma. Medium to full body with a sticky texture. Heavy bourbon flavor with a heavy sweet bourbon finish of long duration.

This draft brew from a festival poured a small sized head of frothy medium sized brown colored bubbles that was mostly diminishing and left behind a opaque no visible carbonation black colored body. The strong aroma was dark malt and bourbon. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and strongly tingly at the finish vinous aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of roasted malt mildly vinous and dark malt. Delicious and one I would certainly drink again.

<b>Draught</b>. <i>At 2006 Michigan Brewers’ Guild Festival</i>. Viscous-looking black, with a small brown head. Aroma of bourbon, and lots of it, vanilla, oak, and underlying it solid overroast coffee/choc/fruit malt, and a nice hit of booze. The taste is primarliy oily bourbon, with molasses deep roast malt peeking out, hint of dry bitter hops and alcohol in the finish. Body is thick and oily, sticky almost cloyingly sweet in the longish finish - this would be a top-level impy if they just toned the bourbon down some - it’s still excellent, I’m just weary of bourbon in my stouts these days.

Draft. Small tan head that quickly dissipated, minimal lacing, no visible carbonation, opaque, and a black hue. Nose was bourbon, coffee, some roastiness, and woody. Flavor was roasty malt, chocolate, coffee, and bourbon. Slightly tingly mouthfeel. Medium body.