500 ml bottle into snifter, 2019 vintage. Pours dense/oily pitch black color with a small fairly dense tan head with poor retention, that reduces to nothing pretty quickly. No lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, maple syrup, vanilla, cream, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread; with light notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Incredible complexity, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, coffee, maple syrup, maple barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, maple syrup, vanilla, cream, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread; with light notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Very minimal herbal, grassy, roasted bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, maple syrup, vanilla, cream, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, biscuit, dark bread, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, light smoke/herbal/grass, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Insane complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, coffee, maple syrup, maple barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a solid roast/hop bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness; and no cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and super full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, rich mouthfeel that is perfect. Slight slickness, sticky hops, chalky roast, and bourbon/oak tannins. Minimal warming alcohol for 14.5%, with no barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is an insane flavored barrel aged imperial stout! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, coffee, maple syrup, maple barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; dangerously smooth and easy to drink for the huge ABV, with the very mildly bitter/tannic/drying; perfectly soft/silky feel. Perfectly balanced super rich malts, vanilla, fruity/nutty coffee, maple syrup, and maple barrel presence/integration; with mild earthy hops. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly amazing offering, and world class style example. Lives up to the hype. Smoothest stout I've ever had for the ABV.

Re-rate 10/22/2021: Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2021. Yellow session. Black. Chocolate, vanilla, fudge, a bit of spiciness, roast, vanilla, sweet, full-bodied. Great. 8/4/8/4/16=4.0 [5/11/2019] Draught sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2019. Red session. Black. Vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, fudge, cake, maple, sweet, full-bodied, thick, a bit of alcohol. Wonderful. 9/4/8/5/16=4.2

MBCC 2019. Smooth, roasty and sweetish with some maple syrup, cocoa, vanilla and bourbon. Pretty smooth and balanced.

Tap. Darkest brown color with white head. Aroma is maple, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, super breakfast stuff. Taste is coffee, vanilla, maple, very nicely aromatic, chocolate, super tasty. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation.

0,05l from tap at Mbcc red. Black color, small coffee colored head. Smells of maple, bourbon, vanilla, spices, cocoa. Lovely smell. Full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes of cinnamon, maple, nutty, marzipan, cocoa, milk chocolate. Finishes rather sweet with nuts of marzipan, nutty and maple. Very nice one, very sweet though, but great 9, 4, 8, 4, 17