UPDATED: OCT 17, 2021 (Bottle) Black colour with no head. Malty, roasty, vinous nose with notes of dark chocolate, rum, black coffee, caramel, liquorice, coconut, green pepper, orange peel and a touch of tamarind. Malty, roasted, vinous taste with dark chocolate, black coffee, rum, vanilla, salty liquorice, a touch of chilli and a vinous, warming finish with a balanced cacao bitterness and a slight chilli heat. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. I wouldn't say it's the most balanced beer around, but rich, complex and powerful, with chocolate, coffee, rum and chilli. Great beer.

UPDATED: MAY 5, 2021 From tap at Prairie Okc. Black body with tan sheen fleeting. Spicy boozy rum barrel, dark chocolate, espresso aromas. Full bodied slick mouthfeel with soft carbonation. Boozy tart dark fruit / tannic wet wood flavors with espresso, dark chocolate, and vanilla beans—-warming lightly boozy finish __ nice fireside sipper

UPDATED: FEB 19, 2021 Bottle from Cask and Flask in south San Jose. Deep black black thick liquid. Definitely a supper. Alcohol relatively well hidden. Nice caramel, malty, toffee sweetness. Pronounced barrel aromas of vanilla and coconut. No oxidation. Very mellow. Quite wonderful and well deserving of top 50 ranking.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2020 Wow. 15% of perfected rum, chocolate, vanilla and chillies that somehow masks the abv. This stout is the real deal. Sip this one, though! I just started aging another bottle 2 weeks ago. Feels like burying pirate booty to dig up later! Arrr! 5/5

UPDATED: APR 18, 2020 12 oz bottle rating. Prairie Pirate bomb pours a silky black with a long lasting chocolate milkshake like head. Rum barrel aging to me can be pretty hit and miss. This is strong coffee, rum, vanilla, slight pepper. The ABV is certainly strong on this one. Rum barrel can sometimes ruin a beer for me. This is drinkable but quite boozy. Slightly let down, as I love most of the Bomb series. This one, not as much.

UPDATED: MAR 29, 2020 Appearance is black, with a small brown head which goes quickly. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, rum, vanilla, leathery malt, toffee, biscuity malt, roast dark malt, liqueur chocolate, boozy dark fruits. Taste is rich chocolate fudge cake, vanilla beans, toffee, caramel shortbread, chocolate sauce, roast malt, thick sweet and fudgy, chilli heat, chewy finish with lingering chilli. Fantastic stuff.

UPDATED: MAR 21, 2020 Bottle fromSystembolaget. Dark malty and roasted smell with cofee and chili. Similar taste. Swert and boozy. Chili heat in the finish.

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2020 Dark brown/black color; Medium to heavy creamy body; Aroma of toasted sweet malt, molasses, vanilla, coconut, dark rum, & spice; Flavor of roasted sweet malt, caramel, dark chocolate, coffee, black licorice, dark rum, and some chili peppers; Warm spicy finish; Nicely balanced; Several flavors on this one - gets better as it warms.

UPDATED: MAR 3, 2020 Tap at new bohemia golden valley with commonmac and qponnagy. Black with small tan head. Boozy nose. Rich vanilla chocolate, sugary, boozy, big. Some late spice hit. Very very good, but not better than regular bomb for me.

UPDATED: FEB 21, 2020 Bottle. Pours pitch black with a tan head. Cacao, coffee, chocolate, rich hazelnut, capsicum, pepper, coconut, rich molasses, bitterness, peppery, oak, rum, fruit cake, ancho chile, fruity red wine. That’s probably enough notes. Body is a touch thin but I’m nitpicking. Excellent way to mark 5000 rates!