Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Pours pitch black with a small dark brown head. Aromas of cinnamon, milk chocolate, vanilla, coconut, light roast. Taste has cinnamon, vanilla, milk chocolate, roasty notes, light acidity, boozy finish.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in 7/2017. Pours opaque pitch black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy tan head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, cinnamon, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, molasses, bourbon, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with light notes of coconut, licorice, raisin, fig, date, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, bourbon/cinnamon barrels, and light earthy hops/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, cinnamon, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, molasses, bourbon, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with light notes of coconut, licorice, raisin, fig, date, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness; and cinnamon/bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, cinnamon, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, molasses, bourbon, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, dark bread/crust, coconut, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, bourbon/cinnamon barrels, and light earthy hops/fruity yeast flavors; with a fantastic roasted bitter/sweet and cinnamon/bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 12%, with zero lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic barrel aged imperial stout. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, bourbon/cinnamon barrels, and light earthy hops/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/spicy/tannic/drying finish; fantastic soft/silky feel for the ABV. Perfectly balanced super rich malts and bourbon/cinnamon barrel presence/integration; mild earthy hops and fruity yeast. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstadning style example as expected. Aged extremely well.

Chocolate, cinnamon, bourbon, vanilla, some coconut from the barrel. Quite well-balanced, though a bit thin. 4.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From 650 ml bottle. Black color with brown head. Malty aroma, roasted cinnamon, vanilla, light cocoa, chocolate, bourbon. Heavy sweet and light bitter taste. Medium to full oily body with soft carbonation.

Cinnamon perfume & plenty of spirit barrel in the nose. Light rum raisin. Sweet, bitter, malty, fruity & spicy taste. Round astringent mouth

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

22oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is big cinnamon chocolate and roast malts barrel. Taste is big cinnamon forward coffee roast.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Taster. Sweet, cinnamon accents throughout. Solid stout base, oily and slick. Cinnamon toast.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Russell. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong roast, spice, wood, cocoa. Slick body, roasted malt, dark chocolate, cinnamon, boozy finish, very good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

8 4 8 4 17 Bottle shared at home. Black with a medium beige head. Aroma of cinnamon, dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla and oak. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.