8

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

Bomber - 2022 - labeled as 12.3% abv - black pour with a tan lace - vanilla and bourbon are most prominent in the nose - slick mouthfeel - medium-sweet, but with some balancing bright acidity - mild tannic notes - strong but smooth bourbon character - moderate alcohol warmth, but not boozy - some chocolate, espresso, light cinnamon - finish is bourbon and lingering dark fruit skin tannins - it’s quite nice, actually.

8.1

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

Bomber bottle. dated 2021. Pours an opaque dark brown color with a foamy tan head that has fair retention. The aroma is big and bold with whiskey, vanilla, cocoa, raisins and anise. The taste is complex with bourbon, vanilla and cocoa in the forefront, then giving way to coffee and a trace cinnamon. The palate is smooth and oily. Finishes long and sweet. Overall: Very nice--ten years ago I might have thought it comparable to dark lord, but today its just a decent impy stout. The bar certainly has been raised over time.

7.5

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

Pour is a thick black sludge with a large mocha tan head. Aroma cinnamon, roasted malt and alcohol. Flavor is marshmallow sweetness with some barrel smoke and thick molasses. While a decent beer not enough of the barrel came out. This had plenty of thick malt and sweetness but a little more balance would do it some good. Not a bourbon county clone by a long shot but plenty flavorful. My bottle said this years version is 12% abv.

7

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

Taste from a bottle at James' house. Pours black, with a small, tan head. The aroma is hard coffee, bourbon, roasted oak, maple, and soy sauce. Sweet and sugary, with a sharp bitterness. Heavy body, with a hard, sticky, mouthfeel. This is an interesting and aggressive stout.

7.8

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

2016 bottle shared at Lucky Bamboo share. Pours black with a finger of beige head that dissipates. Big bourbon forward nose with oak, coffee, brownie fudge and cacao notes. More bourbon on the palate, vanilla and roasted malt bitterness. Bourbon is well-integrated without feeling boozy. Vanilla sweetness and roasted malt on the finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Astronaut Status Barrel Aged Imperial Stout on 13 Jan 2019 at 10:55 - Score: 8. Original review text: 2016

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8

This is fantastic. Rich, boozy. Fucking top.

8

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

Bottle - pours black tan head - nose/taste of black licorice, bourbon, crunchy roast chocolate, vanilla and oak - medium body