7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can from Tavour. Golden pour, light cloudiness, small foamy white head. Aroma is overripe melon, tropical and citrus fruit, floral notes. Taste adds some earthy hops, light dank aspects, tropical fruit. Sweet and then bitter. Quite a kick too.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. Aroma has notes of wood, vanilla, woodsy hops, bread. Pours hazy sunshine golden with a one finger bone white head with decent retention. Taste has mild bitterness and significant bready malt sweetness. Interesting and tasty.

8

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

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Clear golden coloured body with a crisp glow of barely yellow tint and showing a very small, single centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of bourbon, rum, alcohol, light hops, a dose of sugars and way more alcohol - super potent and clearly the only scent that's really noticeable. Medium-bodied; Ridiculously strong bourbon and scotch/whiskey flavours at first with the oak, dryness and alcohol pungency that you'd expect, and then some! Aftertaste is a touch more resourceful with some light malt, a touch of subdued hops that are grassier and more resinous and ending with more of the barrel and oak notes that drive up the pungency and the potency as well. Overall, a nice and very-recognizably a bourbon oak aged beer, where those deep flavours after a few sips hit very hard and stay quite a while. Good to sample and recommended, especially if you like more pungent Imperial IPAs with the deep alcohol flavours. I sampled this sixteen ounce (pint-sized) can purchased from Siciliano's in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 13-June-2017 for US$6,59 by my dad - Thanks Dad, sampled at home in Washington on 08-September-2017.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Listed at 11.6% on the can. Pours fairly crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lasts. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pepper, bourbon, toasted oak, cracker, white bread, floral, and grass; with lighter notes of vanilla, honey, toffee, banana, clove, bubblegum, pine, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus/tropical hops, bourbon barrel, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pepper, bourbon, toasted oak, cracker, white bread, floral, and grass; with lighter notes of vanilla, honey, toffee, banana, clove, bubblegum, pine, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast, bourbon/oak spiciness, and pine/grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pepper, bourbon, toasted oak, cracker, white bread, floral, grass, vanilla, honey, light banana/clove, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus/tropical hops, bourbon barrel, and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitter/spiciness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth and moderately grainy/sticky/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is extremely well hidden; a very mild warmth with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic BBA Belgian DIPA! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus/tropical hops, bourbon barrel, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV. Perfectly balanced between yeast, hops, and bourbon barrel complexity; with just enough pale malts for balance. Never sweet or heavy feeling. A highly enjoyable offering.

7

Clear golden bod med foam wht head. Funky barrel and resiny aroma. Funk, fruit and floral flav. Med full bod mod carb. 7/4/7/4/15 3.7