Samtzu (1644) - Palmerston North, NEW ZEALAND - JAN 9, 2022UPDATED: JAN 9, 2022 500ml bottle. Pours a deep black with hints of purple and a tiny amount of brown head. Huge dark and roasted malts nose with distinct bourbon and molasses. Medium to full body with rich oak, butter, oils, vanilla and coconut. Residual sweetness throughout. Exceptional beer with hidden depths of heat.
Boutip (8358) - Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA - DEC 21, 2021UPDATED: DEC 21, 2021 Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with some chocolate notes and some vanilla and woody bourbon notes. Taste is a great mix of roasted malt with some black chocolate notes with faint residual sugar notes with some woody bourbon notes with light vanilla, Body is full with a good oily texture and good carbonation with light warming alcohol notes. Solid barrel-aged imperial stout with good flavors balance.
tapefuzz (2157) - Massachusetts, USA - AUG 14, 2021UPDATED: AUG 14, 2021 500mL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon, coffee, oak, and a little vanilla. Taste is chocolate, (and lots of it), some bourbon, some dark fruit, a little tobacco, oak, and a little coffee. Subtle and well balanced but highly complex. Rich. Full body. Moderate carbonation. Silky, lightly viscous mouthfeel.
creppyiceman (3498) - Cracow, POLAND - AUG 3, 2020UPDATED: AUG 3, 2020 ( bottle)
Aroma: wood, vanilla, bourbon.
Taste: sweet, flavour of chocolate, wood, vanilla and milk choco.
Palate: full body, low carbonation.
Overall: Tasty !
beer-yum (3530) - Wellington, NEW ZEALAND - MAR 15, 2020UPDATED: MAR 15, 2020 Alluringly rich malt aroma in a jet black pour. Similarly rich flavor profile with a hint of whisky and wood. It's lighter drinking than expected too - which makes it dangerously delicious.
Viper666.Qc (10517) - Richelieu, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 8, 2020UPDATED: JAN 13, 2020 Dégustée le 2020-01-08. .
fkoolen (3514) - Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS - NOV 20, 2019UPDATED: NOV 20, 2019 Bottle at home, 2018 ed. Pitch black, stable foamy brown head. Lots of rich coffee and chocolate, exceptionally balanced bourbon boozy, creamy, vanilla, some vinous red fruits, light tobacco, lightly bitter. Nice chocolate boozy linger. Good body, low carbonation, velvety soft. Not super huge in flavours, but some of the best balanced beers I've ever drank.
tiong (13617) - Espoo, FINLAND - OCT 19, 2019UPDATED: OCT 19, 2019 500ml bottle. Smooth, slightly roasty and heavy with bourbon, oak, coffee, chocolate, cocoa and vanilla, some toffee and syrup. Super well balanced and tasty.
rejtable (3928) - Ontario, CANADA - OCT 9, 2019UPDATED: OCT 9, 2019 Bottle from HF. Pours black limited head and no lacing. What a beast! Notes of leather, dark plum, espresso, dark chocolate, vanilla and some bourbon. Taste big sweet medium bitter. Incredible silky body low carbonation. Amazing.
fiulijn (27110) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - SEP 23, 2019Power tasting at Salesforce, bottle; March 28 2018 vintage
Pitch black colour, dark brown head. Smooth, sweet without being thick or cloying, perfect balance of dark chocolate, roasted malt, alcohol, bourbon.
Excellent.