7.5

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

Bottled, huge thanks veceo for sharing! At Goblet ZG. Very dark brown body, no head. Big aroma, bourbon, big peanut butter, some coffee, fine, chili undertones - qutie low. Caramel and bourbon in the taste, peanut, chocolate, light chili without heat really, lightly tart in a way. Warming in a good way. A good one!

7.5

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

Bottle from Seeks Beer, Godalming. Aroma has liqour chocolate and burnt peanuts. Stygian. Inky. Was there a tan head? Now a mm thick tan ring. When it comes to flavour, we're talking booze. As per aroma it's like one of those liqour filled dark chocolates that no-one really wants. There's cacao. And is there some peanut in there, downing under the booze and dark chocolate? Tangy berries. Thick bodied. Oily. Flat-average carbonation. Long astringent finish. Big boozy Impy Stout. But where's the peanut butter? Vestigial at best, old chum.

8.5

Prairie does what Prairie does, which is create another nice variant of their Bomb. Smooth, roasty chocolate, fair pinch of chilli, coffee.. and peanut butter. Throw this all in a bourbon barrel, and you end up with this. Surprisingly balanced.

7.5

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

Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks troubles. Black. Lots of peanut butter, dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, sweet, slightly umami, a bit of coffee, a bit of alcohol, chili note in the finish, full-bodied.

8.2

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

It’s a BA Bomb! so it’s good, but the peanut butter is very faint, only peeking through late on the back end. Otherwise, we’re getting tons of rich fudge, anise, roast, brandied cherry, caramel, and a hint of pepper spiciness. Finishes on a wave of oak and bourbon. Thick texture is almost chewy, and the ABV is undetectable. Nice.

8.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels and flavoured with peanut “butter roasted coffee” (no idea how this is executed), vanilla beans, cocoa nibs and chili peppers, one of many Bomb variations by this Oklahoma craft brewery. Medium thick, greyish beige, open and quickly thinning head, eventually dissolving on a pitch black beer with (very) thin and hazy burgundy edges. As expected, intense bouquet of hot chocolate sauce, strong bourbon, old furniture, dried chili peppers, molasses, indeed peanuts and even recognizably peanut butter, hints of ground walnuts, vanilla still noticeable, pistachio, cocoa powder, rum, black peppercorns. Dense, sweet ‘candied’ onset yet nowhere overly so and certainly not cloying, raisins and prunes covered in, indeed, peanut butter, very light beef stock-like umami touch plus dim sourish undertone (dried blackberries), finely tingling fizz, thick and oily body (yet less viscous than is often the case in stouts of this type and strength – likely an ‘alcohol thinning’ effect here, seen the formidable ABV); deeply caramelly, pecan-nutty and cocoa-like core, filling the mouth in a very chocolatey way, sweet, but bittered by toastiness in the tail (even though the sweetness remains dominant). The peanut butter effect fades near the end, coffee remains rather subdued, but vanilla is there – and pairs nicely with the oak woodiness and its tannins, accentuating both the flavour of the oak and the remaining sweetness of the malts. A light touch of liquorice appears, before peppery hop bitterness begins to pierce through the malts; chili heat appears late and remains gentle, popping up briefly before a much hotter bourbon effect sets in. This bourbon flavour and booziness dominates the final stage, but it must be said that the malts are capable of softening most of the alcoholic wryness – which makes this a terrific stout in my book, at this ABV at least. Intense with lots of components doing their thing, but somehow Praire managed to tie them all together so it remains a ‘balanced’ brew, how bizarre that may perhaps sound for this kind of craft beer. Hugely enjoyed it – certainly among the better Bomb variants for me.

8

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

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home. 🏡❄☃️

[ As Prairie Barrel Aged Peanut Butter Bomb! ].
ABV: 14.4%. Clear dark black colour with a large, frothy - fizzy and speaking, good lacing, fully diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, spicy, cocoa, chili, vanilla, alcohol - bourbon, light peanut - peanut butter. Flavor is heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark malt, peanut, chili fruit, bourbon, barrel, vanilla, cocoa, coffee. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20210215]
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7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12oz bottle thanks to my wife as a Christmas gift. Pours out pitch black topped with a small tan head. Nose is nice sweet chocolate vanilla bourbon barrel some light peanuts. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate roast bourbon barrel notes vanilla cream peanut notes.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, roasted, caramel, slight nuts, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, light roasted malts.