Bourbon Barrel Mashie

Got in a BIF from jdell15. 12 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours hazy very dark reddish brown color with a small cream colored head with decent retention, that reduce to a ring of lace that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, apricot, red apple, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, maple, and brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, chocolate, peppercorn, leather, tobacco, peat smoke, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, apricot, red apple, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, maple, and brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, chocolate, peppercorn, leather, tobacco, peat smoke, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark fruits, apricot, red apple, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, maple, brown bread, light chocolate/molasses, peppercorn, leather, tobacco, peat smoke, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and lightly slick/syrupy/chalky/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden; a mild warmth with no barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome barrel aged scotch ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV. Very rich and complex, with perfectly balanced flavors. Great barrel presence and integration without the booze. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.