8

Smooth, sweetish and slightly roasty with some spices, vanilla, bourbon, hints of chili, mole and chocolate sauce. Creamy, sweetish and slightly spicy finish. A lot more balanced than the coffee one. Still perhaps not quite as good as the previous batches

9.3

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

Bottle. Black. Massive cinnamon, bourbon, chocolate, light chillies, earthy. Very very thick syrupy sweet lovelyness. Amazing.

8.1

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

2022 750mL bottle thanks to Nathan, shared on 2/17/24. Clear, I think, dark, viscous, no head. Magenta/maroon highlights. Nose is pretty nicely homogenized. No single adjunct jumps out at you and the cinnamon doesn't seem overdone. Dense, chocolatey malts with some dryness interjected by both spicy chili and light barrel. No booze. Surprisingly tame and mellow. In the mouth it fares similar. Surprisingly mellow all around. Some bourbon but not quite as much barrel character as I'd like, or have gotten used to having from so much Side Project. Humble brags aside, it's mellow, flavorful, not boozey or sugary. Well done.

8

Medium body, boozy, a touch roasty. Loads of cinnamon, chocolate, some bourbon. Some cinnabon feels but could do with less cinnamon. Very nice to check this off the list but a bit underwhelming. Nice.

8

Loads of cinnamon, spices, vanilla, cocoa, hints of chili and bourbon. Surprisingly thin bodied. Not quite as awesome as I remembered

8.6

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

Bottle @ Ratebeer Spring Gathering Odense, 2023. Pours Black with a small beige head. Roast, ashes, soy, chili, peppers, bourbon. Well rounded barrel flavors. Quite Lovely.

8

Ratebeer Odense International St Paddy Celebration. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee with cinnamon, vanilla and green pepper. Sweet and full bodied roasted flavour with light spice and a touch of chili heat. Very well rounded and reasonably balanced spiced beer.

8.6

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

sticky sweet nose of coffee, cinnamon, Callie’s, vanilla, bourbon dark chocolate nose. Medium body, the spice rack is in full affect in the mouth, the bourbon, the spices. Everything lines up perfectly.

8.2

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

750ml (thx, Brent D.!) @ Ryan's. Vintage 2022. Appearance: pours like oil, very dark brown with a weak dark beige head. Aroma: cinnamon, chillies, some black currant notes coming from cinnamon probably, lots of whiskeys barrel. Taste: very thick, lots of barrels, very complex cinnamon. When it's warming up you can find nice black chocolate notes. I couldn't really find any vanilla. Overall: for sure - this is a nicely done imperial stout, but you can't really find much over the cinnamon and chillies here. Not that they are overpowering here, no, they are nicely balanced, but the rest is quite weak. Some black chocolate here, yes, for sure, but no vanilla here for me. A bit disappointed considering the price tag. I would better have 3-4 bottles of the Counterpart Deciduous, than this one at this crazy price.

8.6

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

Poured from 750mL bottle. Black with small tan head. Lots of ancho and cinnamon with underlying vanilla, cocoa and whiskey barrel. Nicely balanced. Overpriced (just a comment, not taken into account in my rating).