Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Vanilla and shakey. Thick, smooth and sweet. Subtle bourbon but present enough. Balanced, chocolatey malts, very smooth. Real nice.

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

0,33l bottle at home shared with 4. Vintage 2016. Bottled 05/09/2016. BB 05/09/2026. black color, small coffee colored head. smells of bourbon, light maple, vanilla, cinnamon, marzipan, lovely smell, surpising. full body, almost no carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of vanilla, light maple, cinnamon, light sweetness, spices, earthy, bourbon, peppery. finishes lightly sweet with notes of maple, spices and bourbon notes. nice one, rather intense, but too much vanilla and peppery notes. rather heavy.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

27-03-18 // shared with the local crew, thanks! Deeep brown, beige head. What a nose, intense. Taste is sweet malty, loads of vanilla, bourbn barrel well included. Thats awesome!

Deeep brown, beige head. What a nose, intense. Taste is sweet malty, loads of vanilla, bourbn barrel well included. Thats awesome!

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

Old rating from 2014. Dark black color, small head. Lots of bourbon and vanilla in the nose. Taste of chocolate, roasted malts, bourbon and vanilla.

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

Bottle shared at Leighton's place, MannyG tasting 09/11/2017. Many thanks to Daniel for this one. A sticky dark brown coloured pour with no head. sticky. Aroma is woody, brown sugars, maple, hint of mint, marshmallow. Flavour isc omposed of meaty black malts, medium sweet, liquorice, vanilla, brown burnt sugars. Lots of umami, Palate si sweet sticky sweet, rounded, mellow carboantion. Light woody tannin. Little strawberry shortcake.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared at Bodney mansions. Big thanks to Dan for this. Pours jet black with a thin tan head. Aroma is vanilla, coconut, cocoa and marshmallow. Taste is a big sweet cocoa and vanilla hit with the coconut and marshmallow sweetness lingering. Really good stuff.

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

330ml bottle. Pours black in colour with a thin beige foam head leaving alittle lacing. Nose of sweet roasty malt, chocolate, caramel, molasses, bourbon note. Taste is dark chocolate, malt, molasses, dried fruits, coffee, lots of vanilla, with bourbon and nutty & grassy boozy bitterness, Smooth mouthfeel, full bodied, soft carbonation, drying nutty roast malty finish. Very drinkable.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Mikkeller's acclaimed (and delicious) vanilla-ridden Beer Geek stout but aged for eight months in bourbon barrels - quite the hype, this one, especially for a European craft beer. Loose, pale greyish beige, thinnish head, black robe with thin burgundy edge. As expected, the nose is immediately penetrated by very strong vanilla, not faded at all compared with the regular version, seductively hovering over a wealth of lovely bitter sweet RIS characteristics: chocolate liqueur, home made caramel, warm toast, pastry made with coffee powder, pecan nut paste, leather, wet wood and indeed bourbon. Sweet blue grapes and candied dates in the onset, soft sourish note, but a blackberry jam-like sweetness persists, with mild umami notes at its edges; medium carbo, very thick, greasy, full mouthfeel. Thick, syrupy nutty and caramelly malt sweet body with a bitter toasted tail, lots of fondant chocolateness lifted up by a wave of retronasal vanilla, followed by soft wet wood, the expected bourbon-like alcohol and peppery notes from both hops and alcohol. Mikkeller has amply proven their skills at big, luscious stouts and this liquid dessert delivers precisely what it promises, with the generous vanilla aspect given further depth by the much more subtle vanilla-ish properties of both the bourbon and the wood. Delicious and decadent, but you'll really have to like vanilla to fully appreciate this.