sjolles85 (90), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 17, 2009 Vintage 2007... This beer was massive.. Tons of oak and booze....very much a slipping beer. You can really taste the 13% abv... I really want to try a new bottle to see the difference.
 41cubs (149), , New Jersey, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 |
Dec 17, 2009 The scene around the first barrel tapping of this must have been equivelant to the first nugget found at the California gold rush, the first time an equation worked out for a young Einstein, the glimmer of a bulb reflecting off of Edison’s spectacles or the first to witness a strapping green George Herman at a Baltimore boys school yard diamond. You have achieved dark chocolate, black licorice, sherry, dark rum, and sweet cherry wood in the aroma. You have achieved a flavor directly descendant of a brown sugar crusted perfectly smoked and barked sweet pork cracklin. You have achieved a viscosity of richness and superb slick glory. In this beer, Goose Island, you have achieved and you should be proud. Thank You Goose Island. 2008 12oz.
2Roses (11), , Wisconsin, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 31, 2008 Very heavy and potent beer, i even question the 13% ABV seems a bit higher to me. You can really taste the Bourbon from start to finish.
HighWine (167), , California, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Apr 10, 2009 Such a great beer. I opened my first bottle on Thanksgiving 2008 but didn’t rate it. At the time I thought this was a great beer and could definitely get more interesting with age. Opened my second bottle tonight. Gorgeous black color that looks like dark molases in the glass with a head that looks like a chocolate milkshake. Nose is a delicious bourbon aroma with coffee and semisweet chocolate. Taste is powerful...alcohol, coffee, bourbon, and charred oak. One of the most viscous feels you’ll get on the palate (other than Sam Adams Triple Bock or something like that). I can’t wait to try more of this over the next five years because I think the flavors will realy develop.
PMgep (71), Lund, Sweden
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 8, 2008 A color black as the night, and a thick, brown head. A thick aroma of coffee, burnt sugar and chocolate. The taste is sweet, with rasins, coffee, chokolate and bourbon.
snakeoilpete (324), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Apr 2, 2009 Bottle. Pours BLACK with a very thin layer of light brown bubbles that soon disappears, leaving only a ring. I knew what I was in for upon smelling the incredible black sludge. Complex aroma and taste of smoky bourbon, chocolate, licorice, soy sauce, dark fruit, vanilla, and tobacco. Gloriously thick and warming. Bitter alcohol finish.
hallinghansen (276), Odense SV, Denmark
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
May 9, 2009 Updated: May 22, 2009Wouw. Bottle. Black body, with almost no head. Aroma is chocolate, vanilla, roasted malts, smoke. Flavor is the same including bourbon and wood. This is absolutely the best beer I´ve ever tasted.
cmonster (114), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Oct 18, 2009 Before I put in the details.... WOW!! Bottle served at near-room temperature into a snifter. Minimal light-brown head that quickly rings to the side of the glass. Almost pure-black in color. Oil-like and reflects your mug from the top after the head has settled. Sweet, intense aromas of caramel, chocolate, wood, vanilla, alcohol, and roasted nuts. The flavor and palate have the dial turned up to 11. The fact that there is so much creamy, robust flavor in just a little sip is utterly spellbinding. The alcohol is there on the finish, but in a good way, prickling over your tongue and warming into your limbs. Again... Wow!!
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