On tap at the brewery. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is bourbon barrel vanilla roast malts coffee and some chocolate. Taste is more of the bourbon barrel upfront then a light sweet ash note.

Sampled during RBSG. From notes. Bourbon, vanilla and loads of dark fruit. Coffee and chocolate.

Bottle. Pours dark brown tan head. Nose/taste of bourbon, burnt molasses, sherry, toffee, roasted dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla and oak. Strong bourbon notes. Medium body

22oz bottle pours a murky, oily black with some bubbly, fluffy, slightly off white head. Nose is huge with roasted malt, crackers, some coffee grounds, lots of licorice, slightly industrial too. Flavor follows along, a fair amount of caramel, a fair amount of vanilla, but just tons of licorice, some molasses, some mild coffee. Sticky finish. Not sure the base beer is right and the barrel treatment wasn’t spot on either.

Bomber, Thanks Chris!

A - Pitch black, minor half finger espresso head. Nitro level carbs, nice legs.

S - Holy roast bomb. It has a slight medicinal nose paired with licorice and corn chips

T - Ashy roast high bitterness with a touch of vanilla. The whiskey comes in but they’re not well melded whiskey and beer are sort of separate. Toasted almonds, minor peanut. Finish is booze bomb.

M - Minor creamy, pretty toasty, full bodied

O - Great beer but let’s see what happens in a year.

22 oz. bottle from Craft Beer Cellar, Waterbury, Vt. 2013 vintage. I enjoyed this in a snifter. Light head retention on the way down. Aroma is mostly bourbon forward with oak and chocolate malts underneath. Flavor starts off with vanilla bourbon and oak, followed by light cocoa and chocolate. The finish has the presence of alcohol. The body is much thinner compared to others in the style. It’s a nice stout but I would recommend letting some of this heat mellow out a bit before enjoying. Still a nice sipper and worth the price.