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

Bouteille 12oz, bottled 24/02/2017, batch# 6. Brune foncée, presque noire, col café au lait, le tout sur léger doré au verre. Arôme met de suite l'accent sur les quasi 15% de ce stout impérial, caramel, grillé, petite note de vanille en rétro avec note de cacao et chocolaté. Palais est bien boozy, malté avec pas mal de grillé, chocolaté, petite note de chaleur, Bourbon bien là sans être trop dominant. Petite rondeur de fin de bouche rappelant un peu la mélasse. Le côté vanille est moyen par rapport à d'autres versions Bourbon.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

2012 bottle. Pours black, with a small, bubbly, brown head. Baking chocolate, earth, caramel, oak, and a touch of red wine. Very sweet and lightly bitter. Heavy body, with an oily, grainy, and harsh mouthfeel. Just decadent. Might be past its prime, though.

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

Dégustée le 2017-10-02. .

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

11th September 2017
17.4% version from March 27th 2012. Opaque black - brown beer, good dark tan head. Palate is airy and has modest fine carbonation. Rich dark malts, quite fruity. Spicy coffee. Brandy alcohol dominates any bourbon. Finishes with more spicy tangy coffee and dark fruits. Spicy alcohol linger. Full on, five years old but could have left it another five I reckon!

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

Bottle shared. Very dark brown pour with a thin tan head. Notes of bourbon all over, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, alcohol. A bit too boozy, hard to drink, but good anyway.

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

12 oz bottle. Pours black with moderate tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate cake, licorice, soya sauce, muddy bourbon, and dark caramel malts. Rich flavors of same with emphasis on caramel and bourbon barrel. Thick and a bit hot - but heck it’s 17%. Wonderful stuff,

Masks the alcohol really well but still, my goodness 17%