UPDATED: NOV 1, 2020 A 330ml bottle from Love Wine in Jersey a couple of years ago, cellared since then. Pours jet black with a small beige head. Aromas & tastes of cocoa, chocolate, oats, wood, lactose, vanilla & roasted malt. Medium body. Smoky malt slightly bitter finish. Outstanding

UPDATED: AUG 24, 2019 Mooi donker bier met romige compacte mokkakleurige schuimkraag die langzaamaan inzakt tot fijn laagje. Chocolade(taart,), toffee, cacao, vanille, eik, bourbon, beetje roast. Mooie barrelsmaak. Fluweelzacht. Juweel van een bier. Heerlijk om te drinken.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2019 330mL bottle, pours jet black with a medium deep dark brown head. Aroma reveals a wonderfully rich and complex whiskey barrel character upfront, with lots of wood, and medium roasted malt. Flavour is impeccably complex, with rich whiskey barrels, lots of charred wood, medium roast, and soft velvety cocoa. So rich, elegant and cohesive. Wonderful stuff.

UPDATED: MAR 1, 2019 Pours thick, oily black with one finger, dark tan head. Aroma is molasses, roast and bourbon. Taste is brown sugar and raisin, moving to wood, peat, coffee and roast. Finish is roast and bourbon. A good stout.

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2019 330 ml bottle into snifter, best before 2/14/2021. Pours dense pitch black color with a small fairly dense and rocky tan head with great retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. A bit more fruity/yeasty aromas than expected, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, cocoa, lactose, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Mild herbal, roast, char bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, dark bread/crust, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, cocoa, lactose, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid hop/roast bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.1%, with no barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic flavored imperial English milk/sweet stout! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, cocoa, lactose, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the ABV, with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Perfectly balanced rich/complex malts/oats, fruity/nutty coffee, cocoa nibs, lactose, and bourbon barrel presence/integration; with mild fruity English yeast, and earthy hops against sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on English style example as expected.

UPDATED: JAN 16, 2019 Bottle from Etre Gourmet. Black color, beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, bourbon, oak, licorice, nuts and chocolate. Bitter finish with roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, oak, licorice and nuts. Good imperial stout, but the barrel doesn’t add much

UPDATED: JAN 30, 2020 Bottle from Epicurean. Caramel, chocolate and cocoa, light salt note, roasted malt, some coffee. Pitch black color with wonderful dark brown head. Bittersweet chocolate sugary taste, cocoa, caramel and toffee. Bit boozy. Full body, creamy, soft to flat carbonation, bit oily.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2018 No head on a jet black oil slick. Coffee & dark chocolate aroma. Full bodied thinning to the back, soft on the palate & a clean back. Espresso, demerara, dark berry, grape & oak tastes.

F: thin, dark brown, quick gone. C: black, opaque. A: dark malts, cocoa, chocolate, dark fruits, liquorice, bit vanilla, bourbon, roasted tones. T: dark malts, cocoa, bit mocha, chocolate, dark fruits, bit warming alcohol, vanilla, coconut touch, dark caramel, bit woody tannins, dark cherries, full body, lower carbonation, not very complex yet nice one for sure, fully enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Malt Attacks in Brussels.

UPDATED: NOV 8, 2018 33cl Bottle @ Boxbeers.com, Copenhagen, Denmark. Black colour with a thin tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon. Taste is roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, sweet, vanilla, licorice, bourbon. Medium to full body, soft carbonation.