My 1000th rating. 11.2 oz. brown bottle, comes in a special black box, with a metal seal around the neck. Bottle number 09563. Bottled Sept. 2007. Poured out an inky black color, with a 1/2" thick mocha colored head. Aromas are of whiskey barrel, Highland Scotch, vanilla, roasted espresso beans. Flavors are of Highland Scotch, oak barrel, roasted coffee beans, vanilla, burnt sugars, earthy hops. Thick mouthfeel, rich and chewy. Flavors linger on your tongue for a good long while after drinking it. Damn good beer by any standard. Good pick for my 1000th rating too.

33 cl, bottle # 09386, Sept 07. Another opaque black pour with the creamiest, inch thick head this side of nitro. Aroma is smoky, piquant hickory with caramel, vanilla and cocoa. Flavor is smoky hickory, caramel, vanilla and milk chocolate turning to sherry and cured tobacco. Medium-heavy body is smooth, sticky, and slightly drying on the finish. If this (and the other O. D.s) weren’t so expensive I could drink it till I drowned.

This smells like a nice stout. This it crazy. It alternates between thick and thin. Sweet and with an initial bite that mellows out. This is the hoppiest of the three oddly. Excellent.

Loving Scotch and Loving Beer...there is nothing better than this. High price, fine. It is worth it. Perfectly balanced barrel flavour with a delicious dark beer. Not as sweet as those beers aged in former bourbon casks. I’ll pop a number on this one with no problem.

On tap at Newport Pizza and Ales in OB, San Diego, CA--Wow! Midnight black body with a swirly and bubbly beige and gray head. Bourbon, wooden nose that jumps out. Good level of carbonation. Dry, boozy, and clean. Smoky tobacco notes. Assertive and delectable!