Vanity, what is vanity, is it wanting to rate a beer with the word Beastie in it just because your internet screen name is beastiefan2k. Nah. But I did want to try this at GABF, but never got around to it with all the other good beers around. Then a shining opportunity came when Schroppfy rated this and well he had a bottle for me to rate, score! Well, this pours completely black and very thick. The visible thickness of the beer is a welcomed surprise. The head is small but strong with a sticky thick lacing. The head itself is a nice brown color. The aroma has a lot of chocolate and strong wood alcohol essence but the alcohol is not too strong for the thick, lightly roasted stout-y aspects. Also there is a thick cereal sweetness. In the taste that wood alcohol essence grows, so it interferes with the other chocolate flavors. However, the my favorite part is the mouthfeel on this brew. Its just so thick and lusciously velvety. There is a reduced carbonation and it is tongue coating. I feel like the Venom’s alien symbiote is taking over my tongue. This is probably the best BA low alcohol beer I have ever had, not much competition there though. Hmmm... now I need the Beastie Barrel Porter, damn my vanity.
12oz bottle into a Chimay miniature goblet.

Bottle. Black with dark tan, wispy head, mostly diminishing. Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla and a hint of bourbon and oak. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately bitter. Tastes of sweet chocolate with a nice touch of bourbon. Medium body with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation. Very slight metallic aftertaste with its dry, roasted malt finish. Good.

This beer is a deep brown-black color with a medium tan head that recedes quickly. Top ring of lacing with spots underneath. The aroma consists of dark malt, oak and coffee. Full body with flavors of oak, vanilla coffee and burnt malt. Bourbon character is well-subdued. The finish is malty and leaves a nice vanilla and coffee aftertaste. Overall this is a decent Stout that falls more on the side of a good Coffee Stout rather than going overboard with the barrel aged flavors.

Pour is a deep black with a small tan head. Aroms is mostly dark chocolate with some moalsses. Flavor at first starts off with some chocolate but after the swallow the bourbon hits you. This is by no means a complete bourbon bomb like some others i have had. This is most subtle which is a nice suprise.
Earlier Rating: 4/22/2007 Total Score: 3.5
Pour is black with a than head. Aroma is more wood and smoke than bourbon but still smells decent. Flavor is pretty decent. I get lots of chocolate and vanilla with a touch of the bourbon. A pretty tasty offering.

Bottle (22 oz). Bourbon and oatmeal raisin cookie aroma. Midnight black with a thin tan head. Chocolate and oat malt flavor with just a hint of bourbon. Much lighter body than expected. Nice taste but pretty light.

22 oz bottle - Pours very dark brown with a big, enduring head. It has a heavy bourbon aroma. The flavor is dry roasted malts and quite a bit of bourbon. There’s a moderate body with okay carbonation. The finish is unremarkable. It loses something overall. I thought the bourbon dominated too much, not because there was too much bourbon necessarily, but rather because there wasn’t enough else going on. It’s alright, but drinking my way through the whole bomber I got tired of it.

Near black colour with a big head. Quite fizzy, obscuring some chocolatey accents. Mainly malty with light chocolate but I can’t move past the fizz (I never can).