 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
May 3, 2009 Bottle. Blackish beer with a tan head. Milk chocolate aroma. Chocolate, light oatmeal, and light oak flavor. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate, light milk and light malt lingers with a bit of toasty malts.
kiefdog (1567), Tampa, Florida, USA
Apr 30, 2009 2008 bottle courtesy of siebenmorgan. Pours a pitch black with one finger foamy white-tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, vanilla, wood, some notes of bourbon, caramel, nuts, brown sugar, hints of molasses. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, brown sugar, caramel, some hints of toffee, molasses, spice. Generally medium body with a pleasing vanilla and bourbon finish.
topherh (878), Kearney, Missouri, USA
Apr 29, 2009 Pours brown with reddish edges and a one finger beige head. Aroma is oak, smoke, and malt. Flavor is chocolate, sweet malt, caramel, and marshmallow.
randolphjj (89), Raymore, Missouri, USA
Apr 28, 2009 great black color with ruby red in the tint. Super smooth flavor that’s really strong with the vanilla and oak. I like this one. It’s like sipping a nice cognac in a way -- like what I’d like to sit and enjoy the way you would a cognac, without the heavy alcohol taste and a great depth of oaky flavor.
hombrepalo (745), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 27, 2009 12 oz bottle. Pours black with ruby hues, fully receding tan head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, chocolate. Taste is milky, chocolate, oak and brown malts. Mouthfeel is medium/full bodied with lively carbonation. Tasty, but not amazing.
HomeBrewHawk (263), De Soto, Kansas, USA
Apr 26, 2009 22oz. bottle served in a snifter. Poured a dark reddish brown with a quickly dissipating head. Lots of chocolate in the aroma, also a bit fruity. A bit of hops come out in the aroma as it warms. More chocolate in the flavor. Medium to full bodied. Vanilla flavors from the oak. I really got the flavor of a good English toffee from this beer. Fairly long finish with more vanilla notes from the oak. Very easy drinking for 9%.
beergod (97), Houston, Texas, USA
Apr 21, 2009 The nose is a very nice smokey vanilla.Pours very dark with a small head. Taste is good.Smokey ,roasty, dark chocolate, and the body is a bit lighter than i would have liked. Still this is a very tasty ale.
soccer290 (135), Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Apr 21, 2009 22 oz. bottle. Got this recommended by the beer guy at my local liquor store; thought it would be a cream stout, based on the name, but am interested in an English Strong Ale (not sure I’ve ever had one). Pours a blackish color with red hints around the edges where the light catches it, and almost no head at all (whatever there was died very fast). Smells of lots of bourbon, some oak, roasted malt, and a fair bit of alcohol. Tastes of a lot of bourbon, but is much smoother than I was expecting, as the smell made me think I would be hit hard with it. Also tastes of a oakey wood flavor, that usually I only taste in an oak aged beer. There may be some vanilla at the end, but there isn’t much of an alcohol bite, which is nice. Goes down fairly smooth, though I would still stay away if you can’t stand bourbon. Good, and an interesting beer, but nothing overly spectactular.
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