UPDATED: JAN 11, 2022 Bottle shared with friends on 12/11/21 during my annual Christmas Movie Marathon. Dark brown pour with a thin tan head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, maple and booze. Malty and chocolatey flavor with slight maple and vanilla character before a boozy finish.

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2022 Pours dark brown with virtually no head. Strong almost vapor-like nose in the bottle of toffee, caramel, warm malts, and chocolate essences. Boozy and antiseptic. The nose after the pour was very strong for a beer with almost no head. First taste is WOW, what a concoction! It left me breathless. The boozy vibe took me aback but I adjusted to it readily. 17.3% ABV. . Low carbonation, more like a cola in appearance. All of a sudden it It looked like dark prune juice in a glass. Not a good sign. Happily, other awesome major flavors that presented themselves were tobacco, chocolate and molasses. A bit of tootsie roll, dark fruit, figs, and dates give it a rich dank sweetness. There is a good bite on the hops (but there’s so much alcohol I can’t really know!) A long finish of molasses. And as it warms it tasted even more awesome. The really good news is that this 'beer' will last you a long time, sip by sip. Almost like a cognac. It is an extremely strong beverage so be careful! Take a long time drinking this or it will bowl you over. Special occasions only.

UPDATED: JAN 7, 2022 Dark, fulsome, rich. Utopias present, melding perfectly with the WWS and somehow not feeling like a 17% abv beer. Delightful.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2022 January 1, 2022 - bottle from a 4-pack picked up at AV3, opened right after drinking the 2021 Utopias, and first beer of the new year. Very dark pour with almost no head and takes a lot to get a slight foam going. Aroma was strong booze, roasty, nutty, dark fruit and wood. Taste was super sweet to start, the boozey heat came on quickly with a dry, woody and spicy finish. The Utopias barrel aging was very noticeable and a great idea that was well executed.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2022 It's been awhile I did one of these. 12oz bottle, drank room temperature. Very dark brown almost reaching black with red hues. Quickly dissipating brown head. Sweet, big, malty aroma with notes of port, booze, molasses, cherry, touch of expresso and more. Mouthfeel is smooth, pinch of carbonation, medium bodied. Flavors of a very deep malt, port, chocolate, raisons, booze and expresso at the finish but it doesn't burn, it warms. Not as cloying as you think. Stuck one in the closet for a year and we'll see what happens. Really good stout that was fun to drink.

UPDATED: DEC 29, 2021 Bottle from Total Wine in Orlando, FL. Aroma is caramel, boozy toffee, cognac, calvados, dark fruits, Barley wine vibes. Taste is tangy dark chocolate, boozy caramel, chestnuts, stewed dark fruits. An absolutely impressive beer considering the ABV...like a Barley Wine meets a Stout (but less hoppy than a tradition BW). Incredible.

UPDATED: DEC 26, 2021 Bottle. Pours a pitch black hue, some brown hues, a medium beige head that dies down. A big sweet malty nose, huge cherries. Very big, cherries, caramel, toffee, sweet sugary malts. Drinks like a big beer, but not particularly hot. Beastly.

UPDATED: DEC 26, 2021 Aroma is whiskey/scotch, chocolate and dark malts. The flavor is whiskey, dark/roasted malts, chocolate and a slightly vinous/medium sweet/acidic/big warming alcoholic finish.

UPDATED: DEC 23, 2021 Oaky red wine and butterscotch aroma. Flat black color with no head. Tastes like everything from the aroma, very rich butterscotch flavors. Nice smooth palate, no carbonation. Excellent.

UPDATED: DEC 23, 2021 A single 12 oz bottle bought at Total Wine last month. I know of Utiopias but have not tasted it. A nice evening, sharing this brew with the prodigal son, I tilt into a shaker glass since it is the one at hand. Syrupy scent, sweet with some breadiness. The taste, only better, toffee, cough syrup, wood, heat from the booze, dark fruit and dark bread. The drink, the alcohol, the whole thing, impressive.