8.1

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

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/26/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big nutty dark roasted coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, whiskey, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of tart cherry, cranberry, lemon, raisin, red grape, green apple, funk, smoke, char, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, whiskey barrel, and light-moderate fruity/acidic yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big nutty dark roasted coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, whiskey, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of tart cherry, cranberry, lemon, raisin, red grape, green apple, funk, smoke, char, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light roast/char bitterness, bourbon/oak spiciness, and lactic tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of nutty coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, whiskey, toasted oak, dark/brown bread, cherry, cranberry, dark fruit, light smoke/char, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, whiskey barrel, and light-moderate fruity/acidic yeast flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet, bourbon/oak spiciness, and yeast tartness balance; with zero puckering/cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from roast bitterness, oak spiciness, and tartness. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky/tannic/acidic mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.5%, with minimal barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome barrel aged sour stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, whiskey barrel, and light-moderate fruity/acidic yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/tart/tannic/drying finish. Just as impressive as the regular BBA. Awesome balanced fruity/nutty coffee and rich malt complexity; with great barrel integration/balance. Brett/Lacto presence is not overwhelming, and adds a pleasing extra layer of complexity to the beer. A really enjoyable offering. Very unique and well made.