A very subtle variation on this disappointingly thin-bodied porter...the oak adding hints (and only hints) of oak, vanilla, and tannins, but still just too watered-down and lacking any distinct robustness.

(Cask) Pours an opaque black body with a small beige head. Aroma of smoke, wood, roasted malt, and coffee. Flavor is much the same with smoke, coffee, wood, roasted malt, bourbon, and some vinous.

Hand-pull at the Livery. Near black with minuscule tan head. Lots of coffee and roast in the aroma, with definite oak overtones and minute traces of bourbon. Flavor was over-roasted coffee and toffee with a little bit of oak funkiness. Understated bourbon in the finish. Mouthfeel was a big detractor - very watery. I had high hopes, but was a little disappointed that there wasn’t a lot more going on with this brew.

tap at the livery....poured a dark cola brown with a barely noticeable head....aroma of ashy bitter roasted coffee and some oak sourness. not too much bourbon considering it was aged in former KBS barrels...flavor was thin, semi-watery sour coffee with little carbonation due to the fact that it was cask-pulled.

on tap at the brewery. Poured pitch black. Nose is straight bitter chocolate and hint of coffee. Flavor is much the same, just a flash of coffee in the mouth and a watery thin finish. This one just wasn’t doing it for me. Flat and one dimensional.