 bblack99 (195), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
May 3, 2009 12oz 2008 bottle pours an intense light-devouring black with virtually no head. HUGE aroma of raisins, oak, and alcohol. 13% listed on label comes through clearly in both the nose and the back of the throat. Big flavors, almonds, smoke, and finishes more like a nice Glenlivet than bourbon!
jonno (538), Brisbane, Australia
May 3, 2009 Updated: Jun 10, 2009Solid black pour with tan head. Nose of raisins, smoke, slight bourbon. As it warms the bourbon becomes more pronunced. Medium full body. Lots of alcohol. Sticky and sweet, perhaps overly so. Well done but a case in point where a little goes a long way.
noompa (130), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 2, 2009 12 oz. bottle (2008), poured into a snifter. A truly huge beer. Ar: Could smell it from an open bottle two feet away. Strong chocolate, smoke and vanilla w/ underlying oak and nutmeg. Ap: Viscous pour w/ a tiny Cinnamon head. Dense black w/ caramel around the edges. Fl: Raisins, plums, burnt sugar, oaky vanilla and excellent Bourbon. Dark chocolate at the back of one’s mouth, finishing silky milk chocolate. Pa: Silky, like a truffle. Leaves a warming alcoholic burn like a fine Bourbon- lovely.
hirigalzkar (549), Stockholm, Sweden
May 2, 2009 Bottle. L: Black. A: Bourbon. Sweet: chocolate, caramel, cream, vanilla etc. T: Oaky. Vanilla, chocolate, light smoke. Vinous in finish.O: Just super! Shut up and drink!
phish1997 (3), Illinois, USA
does not count  May 1, 2009 Best stout i have ever had.Thick black and complex,bourbon,vanilla,carmel. Great beer to warm up a cold night.
Snojerk321 (1914), San Diego, California, USA
Apr 30, 2009 12oz bottle from South Bay Drugs. 2008 bottle, brews pours midnight black with zero head. Tons of bourbon, vanilla, oak and heavily burnt malts. Flavor is very big and full of Vanilla, bourbon and some chocolate. I’m gonna pick up a four pack of this and let it age for sure.
matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Apr 30, 2009 12 oz bottle from a trade with thecheeseman. 2007 vintage, bottled 10/12/07. thick black pour with a tan ring around the edges of my snifter. aroma of charred wood, bourbon, vanilla, black malt, caramel, and chocolate. it actually smells thick. huge mouth filling flavour. caramel, burnt barrel, chocolate. huge and complex. a thick silky imperial stout. thx cheeseman.
tool2scream (14), USA
Apr 29, 2009 Bottle from Liquor World in Kankakee, IL. Possibly my favorite beer out there.
AROMA: Lots of Chocolate and Bourbon. Hints of vanilla.
APPEARANCE: Thick, pitch black. Very little head. Incredible lacing and clinging to glass.
FLAVOR: Bourbon and Chocolate dominate with strong notes of vanilla catching you. Finish with nice alcohol.
PALATE: Comparable to Dark Lord Bourbonn Barrel version. Very thick and sticky. Full body, slick with little carbonation.
OVERALL: Possibly my favorite beer. Lots of flavor going on here with absolutely nothing being overdone. I love the way that sweet notes find there way in and out to make this such a complex brew. Goose Island hit this one out of the ballpark.
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