Bottle from Vinspecialisten, Aalborg. Black without head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee, heavy vanilla and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily, smooth and soft. Imperial stout, vanilla and bourbon: The perfect mix. 270715

On tap at Mikropolis, Copenhagen. Pours black, small brownish head. Vanilla, licorice, milk chocolate. Roasted malts, wood. Full bodied and complex. Vanilla gives it smooth and silky character.

On tap at Mikkeller & Friends Reykjavik, pours black with a tiny beige / tan head. Nose brings out loads of vanilla, sweet bourbon, and loads of caramelized sweet sugar. Flavour is intense, with intensely sweet loads of vanilla, candied sugar, caramel and decadent bourbon. Desert-like sweetness, but not cloying at all. Phenomenal complexity. Superb.

Bottle with thanks to bursprak. Pours inky black, very small brown head, dissipates quickly with some lacing. Aroma is pure desert, chocolate fudge with vanilla toffee topping. Flavor is full sweet, light bitter, huge waves of chocolate, vanilla, coconut and a bit of mellow bourbon. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Really good, but almost a bit too hedonistic after a while.

Rating #2500. Bottle. Black oily pour, no head. Rich and strong aroma of vanilla, bourbon booze, sweet coffee and a bit of oak. Taste is overwhelmingly good. Very full and long evolving, with strong earthy vanilla, cofee, roasted malt, milk chocolate and a boozy bourbon finish with a little bitterness. Really amazing, world class beer.

Draught
Black colour, beige head. Aroma of vanilla, lots of vanilla. Malts, light bourbon, coffee, chocolate. Bitter flavour, sweet malts, brown sugar, liquorice, caramel, roasted malts. Finish vanilla, coffee, pronounced bourbon.
8-4-8-4-16: 4.0
(From draught @ Mikkeller Bar Victoriagade. København visit, 2014)

Bottle
Pitch black colour, tan head. Aroma of coffee, vanilla, caramel, bourbon, lots of vanilla. Bitter coffee flavour, sweet malts, cacao, caramel, roasted malts, vanilla. Full body, thick, quite alcoholic. Finish vanilla, bourbon, coffee and cacao. Nice.
9-4-8-5-16: 4.2
(from 33cL bottle -was initially under the impression I was opening a normal vanilla until I read about the wax- @ home)

Rerate 2018-12-31: 330 ml bottle from Mikkeller Webshop, bottled 05/09/16. Black, oily body, with a small, creamy, dark brown head. Delicious, sweet aroma of vanilla, melting chocolate, cocoa, bourbon, some coffee. Tastes also beautiful, with similar, creamy aromas, some tobacco, slight booze. Full, oily mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation. Finishes warm, medium roasty, medium sweet, a bit dry, wooden, with bourbon, tobacco, coffee, some cocoa powder, subtle vanilla, long-lasting creamy chocolate notes. Delicious! This is pretty perfect with 2 years of age, compared to the first, fresh one I've had some years ago. Just the right balance between sweetness, dry roastiness and moderate boozy barrel. Drinks creamy and really smooth for the ABV. Outstanding BA Imperial Stout, indeed among the best by Mikkeller! Score: 9 / 4 / 9 / 4 / 17

Draught at All In Beerfest, 2014. Pitch black, small brown head. Looks like used motor oil! Aroma is sweet vanilla, coffee beans and bourbon tones. Taste is coffee, vanilla, bourbon, slight alcohol in the finish but not dominant. Big body, medium carbo, very oily and thick texture. Like a stand alone dessert, like a cake and coffee with avec in one.

Good beer and old football games with Mads. Jet black with a small tan head. Intense and absolutely wonderful aroma, of chocolate, vanilla, caramel, coffee and bourbon. Sweet, intense flavour with loads of dark chocolate, dried fruit, vanilla, bourbon and vineous alcohol.