12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, 2017 vintage bottling. Pours syrupy looking, lightly hazy, dark ruby red/brown color with a small fairly dense and foamy light khaki head with solid retention, that reduces to a minimal ring of lace that lingers. Minimal lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of huge walnuts, almonds, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, and biscuit; with light notes of coconut, molasses, chocolate, cocoa, licorice, raisin, plum, fig, date, herbal, and yeast/toast/oaky earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malts, nuts, and light-moderate bourbon barrel/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of huge walnuts, almonds, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, and biscuit; with light notes of coconut, molasses, chocolate, cocoa, licorice, raisin, plum, fig, date, herbal, and yeast/toast/oaky earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of walnuts, almonds, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, biscuit, dark fruit, molasses, light chocolate/cocoa, and yeast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, nuts, and light-moderate bourbon barrel/fruity yeast flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying sweetness after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/slick, and lightly syrupy/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%, with zero barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent barrel aged flavored imperial English brown ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, nuts, and light-moderate bourbon barrel/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Great balance of rich malts and tree nut flavors; nice barrel integration and fruity English yeast presence. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.