Nice stuff. Surprisingly not sweet. Good bitterness.

22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in late 2016. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with awesome retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, honey, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, honey, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, honey, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, roast, char bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, honey, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, dark/brown bread/crust, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, honey, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 11%, with minimal lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic barrel aged imperial stout! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, honey, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV; with the lightly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Amazing balance of rich malts, honey, and bourbon barrel presence/integration; with balancing earthy hops against sweetness, and restrained fruity yeast complexity. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example.