Dark brown. No head. The aroma is massive vanilla. On the palate, it comes across somewhat hot, with a lot of vanilla and of course some sticky stuff underneath. The stout character is heavy on the chocolate, which gives it kind of an Oreo cookie vibe, or at least a bourbon-barrel aged Oreo cookie. The body is rich, the finish sweet and warming. There’s plenty of bitterness to lend support as well.

Poured from 500mL bottle. Very dark brown with almost no beige head. Lots of nice vanilla and feint chocolate on the nose. On the taste, the vanilla is quite floral with underlying bourbon barrels. Quite nice.

500mL bottle, pours jet black with a small light brown head. Aroma is rich, with intense vanilla beans, big bourbon barrels, dark sugars, and some marshmallow. Flavour is rich and complex as hell, with huge bourbon, lovely dark sugars, vanilla beans, and some marshmallow. Huge vanilla and deep bourbon. Endless complexity. Beauty.