Sweet malty with notes of caramel and dark dried fruit, toffee fudge, brown sugar, spice, bourbon soaked wooden accents coalesce with some vanilla sweetness into the dark malty boozy warming finish. Lovely.

Beer #14 of my 10,00th Beer Milestone Celebration! Deep dark brown coloured body with a very thin, tan head that fades pretty quickly and leaves a very thin lace on the sides. Aroma of very enjoyable molasses, pitted fruit, caramelised sugars, raisins, prunes, a bunch of bourbon and cognac notes and a light dose of grapes and nuts here, but the sugars are very strong and super enjoyable, in the nose at least, and it seems that the 5+ years in the bottle has really helped this out - in the nose, for sure, with a muted, but strong scent that isn't pungent, astringent or bitter at all - great! Medium to Full-bodied; Strong toasted malt notes show with a light dose of grainy and earthy qualities with some nuts as well, but the sugars shine through a few seconds later and give way to a myriad of caramel, toffee, treacle, raisins, molasses, figs, prunes and pitted fruits that dominate at the finish as well, with a great balance struck between sugars, malts and even rustic qualities, with an underlying earthy and nutty finish - very nice for sure, with some good bourbon warmth at the tail end and some alcohol that does come through, but seemingly only in single digits! Aftertaste shows a great balance of everything at play here with a good alcohol punch, but better sugars and malt notes with a light nutty flavour, some good bourbon finishes and a dry toffee and rustic quality - very nice and while only showing a touch of the spiced yeast component, the sugars, bourbon and especially rustic finishes make for a very nice beer throughout. Overall, a super enjoyable beer with a pungent alcohol, bourbon and especially pitted fruit and sweetness here that really penetrates throughout, but the complexity and range this has while being so approachable and dare I say, 'mild', is very nice, especially for the style. Now i'm only curious what an extra 5 or 10 years in the bottle would have done to this - now, the next time I'm around Wisconsin, I'll have to look for more bottles of this and save them for a long time! I sampled this 12 ounce bottle as Beer #14 [of 21 - 10 (for 10,000) of Each side of the 10,000 Beer Milestone and the 10,000th itself!] of my 10,000th Beer Milestone, purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 22-September-2018 for US$3,89 sampled at my house here in 22-May-2023.

Bottle from Beer Universe in Troy, NY Aroma: bourbon, woody, vanilla, caramel Appearance: hazy dark amber with an off-white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness Mouthfeel: average carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish Tasty

29/V/21 - 33cl bottle @ Jan’s place, BB: n/a, 2019 vintage (2021-434) Big thanks to Jan R. for sharing the bottle!

Clear red brown beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: caramel malts, vanilla, bourbon, wood notes, gentle roast, quite some chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: little sweet, caramel, vanilla, alcohol, little bitter, bit spicy, more alcohol. Aftertaste: alcohol, bit of a sugary touch, soft roast, nice bitterness, more vanilla, bit oxidized, dried fruits, very nice stuff!

Bottle sourced from Kihoskh and shared at home (02/01/2021) - dark amber brown with almost no head. Sweet malty with notes of caramel and dark dried fruit, toffee fudge, brown sugar, spice, bourbon soaked wooden accents coalesce with some vanilla sweetness into the dark malty boozy warming finish. Lovely.

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