Wow. It was a workout getting through the wax and popping the pry-on bottle cap. Eventually the 12oz bottle poured with a dark chocolate colored body that supports a dark tan head of foam. The aroma offers up a blended cloud of chocolate, vanilla, molasses and booze. The taste is smooth and as integrated as the nose indicated where I get an interplay of chocolate, vanilla richness and some dark roasted malts. To midway it sweetens as the vanilla seems to ratchet up the intensity a bit. Into the finish it becomes clear this is a big beer as it warms the innards as it goes down. Another in a long line of terrific sippers.

Sample at Denver Rare Beer Tasting XVI (Last Call) on 10/09/2025. Flat black pour with a medium thin beige head that dissipates quickly to a film. Sparse patches of lace. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, rye and malt. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, vanilla, rye malt and chocolate fudge. The finish is oaky and boozy with a rye malt and bourbon aftertaste. Good beer overall.