UPDATED: DEC 30, 2021 (Bottle, vintage 2016) Dark brown colour, almost black, with frothy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, coconut, wood, dark bread and a touch of coffee. Malty, roasted taste with dark chocolate, coffee, dark bread, bourbon, oak wood, coconut, vanilla, dark fruit, prunes, and a balanced cacao bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. Smooth and velvety mouthfeel. Tasty and well made imperial oatmeal stout with a good bourbon barrel character. Really well balanced. Great beer.

UPDATED: OCT 7, 2021 Perhaps I have chilled it too much but the ale tasted surprisingly thin, there was nothing milkey about this milk stout. Loved the packaging, the nice carton box with lengthy inscription and excuses for the beer's name's excessive playfullness. All in all not a major dissappointment but still nothing to celebrate.

UPDATED: SEP 11, 2021 2018 bottle from Master of Malt. Dark brown, beige head. Nose is cocoa, vanilla, coconut, toffee, milk, fudge, mellow. Tastes malty with soft oaty and milky mouthfeel, notes of bourbon and vanilla are clearly there, toasted malts, caramel, little roast, coffee, treacle, brown sugar, mellow. Nice, soft, doesn't feel as intense although it is definitely not light.

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2021 12 oz. bottle from Total Wine (North Hills), Raleigh, NC (2018 bottle listed at 7.8% ABV). Dark brown pour with a frothy light khaki head. Aroma of vanilla, coconut, oak, and chocolate. Flavor is very good with coffee, dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, coconut, and damp oak. A bit lighter than anticipated for a B.A. stout but not surprising given the ABV. Well done, as always, by Firestone Walker.

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2021 Olmost black with a brown head - Dark malt and wood aroma - Dark malt body with wood vanilla flavour - The dark malt with wood flavours goes into the finish - This was good

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2021 Bottle 355ml at home. From System Bolaget. 2017 vintage. Pours dark brown with thin beige head. Flavor has dark malts, strong bourbon barrel, vanilla, chocolate milk, caramel. Medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation, roasted finish.

UPDATED: NOV 21, 2020 Vintage 2018. Corpo ebano e testa beige compatta e dalla buona tenuta. Olfatto: bourbon, vaniglia, legno, melassa, frutta scura, cioccolato, caffè. Le sensazioni olfattive sono confermate al palato, caramello, cioccolato al latte, caffè, prugna e ciliegia. Finale con scia generosa di bourbon con sfumature di legno e vaniglia. Corpo medio-basso e carbonazione fine e pungente. Sensazione un po’ waterly e non così vellutata come indicherebbe il nome.

UPDATED: AUG 28, 2020 Keg at Bailey’s Taproom, Portland, OR on 23/09/2010. Had some cans of Merlin variants lately, and while still decent, they don’t really compare. This was roasty, really smooth and with tons of coffee and treacle notes.

UPDATED: AUG 2, 2020 Bottled. Black with a small, fizzy, beige head. Tar, milky chocolate and coffee. Sweetish.

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2020 Ocena przepisana z untappd w celu uzupełnienia profilu na ratebeer. Klasyczny ris w dobrym wykonaniu.