UPDATED: FEB 10, 2021 Bottle shared at Chris and Ruth Pre-GBBF 2017 tasting - London. Cheers! Pours oily black-brown with a creamy, khaki head. Medium to big sweet, with some oily and rich chocolate character, well roasted malts, coconut. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, more dense chocolate, ash, coconut, raisins, mild earthy bitterness. Big overall chocolate and dark fruits. Delicious. Great.

UPDATED: JAN 4, 2021 Very dark brown pour with ample barrel and strong coconut on the nose. Coffee a little obscured, in part cause the coconut is a little suntan lotionesque, but this was still quite nice. 13% this year too. Yikes.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2020 Big bottle at home. Thick black pour, creamy beige head. Lots of coconut, chocolate, praline, coffee, boozy spirit, pastry avant la lettre. Nice praline boozy linger. Firm body, velvety soft mouthfeel, medium carbonation.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2020 2020 edition - 13% ABV. Pours thick black with a thin, dark tan head. Aroma is bourbon, coconut, roast and caramel. Taste is caramel and light chocolate, moving to roast, vanilla, wood, light coconut and light earthy notes. Finish is caramel, bourbon, vanilla and wood. Exceptional porter.

UPDATED: SEP 16, 2020 Bottle @ Home. Thanks, Sean. Black in color with a finger of tan foam. The aroma is a mix of vanilla extract and coconut cream. A lot of butterscotch candy as well. Holy smokes this even smells sweet. There's a touch of slightly spicy and earthy offer to the flavor, but otherwise it's just more sweetness. Lots of coconut, cream, and chocolate syrup. All the adjuncts. Fine, but just kind of a beer porn offering.

UPDATED: AUG 8, 2020 Bottle. Black color with beige head. Aroma is super coconut, wood, mild coffee. Taste is coconut, chocolate, mild bitterness, so thick and tasty. Oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. Awesome!

UPDATED: APR 19, 2020 Bottle pour, thick syrupy pour, almost black. Aroma of chocolate and coconut. Tastes like a liquid Almond Joy but a little less coconut. Notes of coffee followed by a warming smoothness of bourbon. Really amazing but best to share the bottle.

UPDATED: APR 9, 2020 Bottle at home, bought at the brewery. Dark colour, great aroma and taste with bourbon, vanilla and coconut.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2020 Rich coconut/chocolate/coffee aroma. Black body with a scant white head. Taste has more coconut than anything. Smooth palate for such a big beer. Nice.

UPDATED: MAR 2, 2020 Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, from and with Stephen Morris and Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savoured on March 22, 2019; eye: black, opaque, ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: vanilla, wood, roasted malt, alcohol, floral, vanilla waffle, alcohol, coconut; mouth: vanilla, wood, roasted malt, alcohol, floral, vanilla waffle, alcohol, coconut, alcohol heat, unpleasant alcohol pungency, finale in unpleasant alcohol pungency with presence of vanilla, full-bodied, slightly below average carbonation, medium sweetness, alcoholic texture; overall: correct

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, 13 %, de et avec Stephen Morris et Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savourée le 22 mars 2019; œil : noire, opaque, anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : vanille, bois, malt torréfié, alcool, floral, gaufre à la vanille, alcool, noix de coco; bouche : vanille, bois, malt torréfié, alcool, floral, gaufre à la vanille, alcool, noix de coco, chaleur d’alcool, âcreté d’alcool déplaisante, finale en âcreté d’alcool déplaisante avec présence de vanille, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : correct