9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aromas of vanilla (!), fudge, cocoa nibs, milk chocolate, marshmallows, graham crackers. Taste has lots of vanilla, cocoa nibs, marshmallows, milk chocolate, malty notes, light roast.

8.4

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

22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in 6/2017. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy tan head with solid retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Very mild herbal, roast, char bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, dark/brown bread, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, light smoke/char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid roast/hop bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, lightly slick, and slightly sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 11%, with minimal lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic flavored barrel aged imperial stout. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Amazingly soft/silky feel. Insane levels of vanilla with amazing balance of rich malts and bourbon barrel presence/integration. Mild hops and fruity yeast. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected.

8

Tej wanilii niezaduzo. Bexzki niezaduzo. Ciala nie za duzo. Ale calosc sklda sie i tak calkiem zgrabne polaczone. Migdaly. Rodzynki?

7.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

RBWG 2018 Grand Tasting. Jet black and motor oily. Big vanilla aroma with dark roast coffee. Taste is rich vanilla and much more coffee. Tasty.

8.3

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

Thnx to geoffrey ! Pours black, small off white head. Smell is roasty, bit sweet, some vanilla. Taste is intensely vanilla, bourbon, oak, roasty, very silky mf. Good carbo. Oh so nice.

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

sample from bottle @ZZT 2017 at Benzai's, shared by Maakun, pours black with a brown head. aroma of roasted and toasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, sweet. Taste nice pretty sweetness, vanilla, alcohol, chocolate, rye, grain, roasted and toasted, cacao, bourbon, lovely balanced, full body, very nice.