750ml bottle. No traces of bourbon at this point, comes off as a big roasty stout. Nice mouthfeel. Sweet cocoa tones. Roasty dry chocolate. Pretty drinkable despite some massive specialty malts. A solid Sout.

2012 vintage . Pours black, not much of a head . Smell is rather sweet . chocolate and light roasted malts . Taste is bit bitter, chocolate bitterness . Burnt malts . Very overcarbonated . Ending is thin , bit metallic .

On tap at East Side for the Weird Beer Night. Deep brown body with a medium tan head. Aroma and flavor track nicely together and cluster around peat, smoke, charcoal and whiskey with a solid (but maybe not quite big enough) chocolate porter backbone. Solid, but a little more body would have made it shine.

Empty bottle thanks to Drake. Originally consumed at RBSG Philadelphia a few years back. Pours brown with white head. Nose and taste of bourbon, oak, brownie and chocolate. Some coffee. Medium body.

2012 750 mL bottle from the brewery, shared at the 20th Richmond Gathering. Pours a dark brown color with a huge foamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of chocolate, roast, ash, mild whisky. The taste is roasted malts, dark chocolate, nutty notes, mild whisky. Medium bodied. Decent.

Pours black with some mocha head and good lacing. Smells like dark, bitter chocolate. Medium consistency. Finishes a little bitter, but good. Well-balanced though not super original. Bottle thanks to Sammy.

Sample at the Ping Pong, Foosball, and Great Beer tasting on 03/03/2012. Thanks to JaBier for sharing a 2010 bottle. The beer is black with a medium thin khaki head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Stingy lacing on the glass. Chocolate, roasted malt and fruit in the nose. Medium body with flavors of sweet chocolate malt, dark fruit and bourbon. The finish is roasty with a dark malt aftertaste. Above average overall.

2010 Vintage received in trade from DavoleBomb, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a solid black color with a frothy tan head that displays moderate retention and lace. Smells of roasted grains, chocolate, coffee, tart fruit, hints of bourbon and vanilla. Taste is more tart than stout, seems something has gotten into the barrel on this one. Sharp tart fruit up front, bitter roasted coffee and chocolate next, and then a mellow oak, vanilla, roasted finish. Medium to thick body with a moderate level of carbonation and a bitter tart mouthfeel. Having known nothing about this beer, my first surprise was the oak aging and my second surprise was the slightly lactic fruity tartness. This is a decent beer as is, but I’d like to think this was fantastic before the lacto got around to souring it.

From growler. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aromam is roasted dark malty and slight breadish. Sweet, dark malty and solid acidic dark roasted malty. Bitter and dry roasted malty into the finish.

Liter bottle courtesy of jdubFL. Pours dark with mocha like head. The aroma is metal, roast, burnt malts, spicy oak and dustiness. The taste is dusty, slightly metallic, tingly carbonation, spicy like oak and chocolate. It seems a bit off.