Bottle. A semi-oily pour leaves a small, dense, firm dark beige head over a more or less black body. Some lacing too. There's plenty of delicious coffee on the nose, with dark chocolate, hints of licorice and booze. Not super-complex, but really delicious. It's full-bodied and soft of the palate, perfectly carbonated and with a certain warmth that feels stronger towards the end. Coffee seems to run the show in the mouth too, but there's at least more room for the bourbon than in the nose. Dark chocolate, sweetness, but no cloying sensation, there's enough bitterness to prevent that, brown liquor, some licorice and burnt notes, brown sugar notes, treacle hints and even some dried figs. Towards the very end the bitterness gets a bit more pronounced, so does the alcohol warmth, as mentioned, but there's still no sugary coating on the palate. Normally in an imp stout there's a good dash of roasted malts; not here. Guess the amounts of coffee masks it. A wonderful beer for sure, tasteful and complex, especially in the flavor, and not at all that edgy and fresh it was before hitting the barrels. It will be interesting to see what some cellaring will do to it. 180809