UPDATED: JAN 12, 2022 Aroma is big bourbon/whiskey, toasted malts and a hint of sweetness. The flavor is big fruit/dark fruit, toasted malts and a complex bourbon/whiskey/warming alcoholic finish.

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2022 yum. boozy, but at a level that isn't too much. good flavor that is easily distinguishable from an imperial stout. quite tasty. doesn't give a headache.

UPDATED: JAN 7, 2022 Bottle. It poured a dark brown color with an off-white head. The aroma was of malts, bourbon and coffee. The taste was similar to the aroma with more malts, bourbon, coffee, chocolate, alcohol with medium carbonation and a nice smooth aftertaste. Good stuff.

UPDATED: DEC 29, 2021 12 oz. bottle, pours jet black with a small light brown head. Aroma is a total soy sauce bomb, with lots of salty soy dominating, followed by subdued bourbon and a little molasses. Flavour is much the same, with loads of what seems like soy sauce and marmite -- seriously, this is very strange. I guess it's the rum that is causing this? There's some bourbon further back, but it's mostly salty marmite with a very viscous, alcoholic rum-like palate. Odd stuff. Not working for me.

UPDATED: DEC 8, 2021 Bottle from 2021 BLVR + D six pack - label says it’s brewed with lactose and brown sugar and aged in rum, rye, and bourbon barrels - viscous black pour - there is an interplay between the rum and brown sugar qualities that I find warming and comforting (and I don’t normally care for beers aged in rum barrels) - I think the addition of rye and bourbon aged beers cuts the typically strong rum presence and adds a spiciness that compliments it - Cerebral brewing here in Denver recently released a rum-aged stout with Paella sugar which I feel like was going for something similar - that failed, but I’d call this a success.

UPDATED: NOV 6, 2021 12 ounce bottle. Pours almost black with an average tan head. Aroma of malt, bourbon, coffee, and ash. Taste is roasted malt, bourbon barrel, coffee, ash, and chocolate. Nice.