MBCC. Almost black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt, caramel, chocolate and cocoa. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol and light sour edge. Oily. 110519

8200th review! 375 ml bottle into snifter, bottled on 1/11/2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with awesome retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, cinnamon, marshmallow, graham cracker, roasted nuts, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, cherry, prune, fig, date, leather, tobacco, smoke, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Slight booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, marshmallow, cocoa, graham cracker, vanilla, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate fruity/acidic yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, cinnamon, marshmallow, graham cracker, roasted nuts, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, cherry, prune, fig, date, leather, tobacco, smoke, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy, roasted bitterness; bourbon/oak spiciness; and lactic tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, cinnamon, marshmallow, graham cracker, roasted nuts, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, dark/brown bread, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, leather, tobacco, smoke, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, marshmallow, cocoa, graham cracker, vanilla, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate fruity/acidic yeast flavors; with an awesome roasted bitter/sweet, bourbon/oak spiciness, and tart/tangy balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness, tang/tartness, and yeast/oak spiciness after the finish. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/acidic/tangy/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 16.2%, with minimal lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is an amazing blended barrel aged sour imperial stout. All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, marshmallow, cocoa, graham cracker, vanilla, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate fruity/acidic yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/tart/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Absolutely perfectly balanced between Tart of Darkness, Black Tuesday, flavorings, and bourbon barrel presence/integration. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. Not overly boozy/tannic on barrels. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing experimental style example all around.