07.02.2014, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice dense dark brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is very rich and sweet, vanilla, espresso, cocoa nibs, dark chocolate, licorice, dark malts, sweet mild bourbon, oak, dark sugar, caramel. Taste is rich and balanced, dark chocolate, espresso, vanilla, hops, dark sugar, dark malts, cocoa nibs, oak, licorice, caramel, sweet mild bourbon. Longlasting bitterness, thick syrupy mouthfeel. I say goddamn....goddamn what a rush!! Feel like popping another bottle right away!

Keg at Mikkeller bar. It pours jet black with a small tan head. The nose is vanilla, marshmallow, coffee cake, chocolate, wood, bourbon and frosties. The taste is rich, gooey chocolate cake, fudge, marshmallow, vanilla, caramel, brownies, milky coffee, dark chocolate, coffee, light bitterness, wood and bourbon with a slick finish. Full body, soft carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Rich, indulgent, flavoursome and well balanced. Intense and delicious.

Tap at mikkeller viktoriagade pitch dark smooth creamy dark brown head aroma is vanilla, bourbon, faint roasted malts, lots of vanilla also some cocoa.flavor is very complex, vanilla,bourbon,bitter malts,wood, salt, soft velvety texture, nice malts and hop bitterness below all the sweet stuff

Tap @ Mikkeller, Victoriagade. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are ruch vanilla, bourbon, roast malt, chocolate and hops. Nice and sweet.

Bottle Pours black, small to good brown head, pretty steady , unlike i expected .. Smell is intense vanilla . There is some - small - difference than what i remember the vanilla shake ( regular ) to be , but I wouldn’t call it straight bourbon or oak . There is some more sweetness though . Gives the idea it will be a perfect blend, not overkill-bourbon Barrel aged , I like that ! low carbonation , thick mouthfeel Taste is way less intense vanilla than the regular . sweet, some hints of oak , maybe even a bit of bourbon . Than comes vanilla , underneath a spine of oats . Nice long , vanilla-bourbon finish . Nowhere is there to much bourbon . If I did not knew it was in there , I Probably wouldn’t have guessed it . Its very very balanced ! The only downside ( and i never complained about this , I drank like 2200 beer before, some incredible whales included ) is the price . near to 20 euro’s for a small bottle , plus super expensive shipping ( Denmark charges a lot , its not mikkeller’s fault ! ) Is really, really much , counting ze got the regular vanilla shake here for like 6 euros each , I believe . Barrels cost a lot, but not THAT much ( or are they pappy barrels ? ) On the other hand, i got a free glass with it , plus incredible service, as always .. Very good beer , would buy way more if affortable