15th Anniversary Ale

Expensive 12oz can pours with a mahogany colored body that supports no head at all, just air. The aroma pulses with booze from feet away. On closer inspection I get notes of booze soaked fig, brown sugar dusted raisins, some molasses and a faint sense of kettle caramelization toward the end of the draw. The next whiff is inexplicably largely just boozy bourbon barrel character. Smells fine. The taste delivers a fairly luscious full body across the palate in spite of the barrel treatment, nice! I get molasses drenched figs, prunes and a bit of date plowing slowly toward the reduced sugars of molasses and a faint sense of caramel. To midway a supple bourbon barrel booziness bubbles to the surface and mingles seamlessly with the tasty beer flavors. Wow, this is a great sipper with great balance and depth and a pleasing mild boozy warming sensation into the after taste. I may need more of this.

Bomber from Tavour. Pours a very, very dark red - have to use strong light to see through it - with a slight tan head. Aroma of kandi, dark fruit and bourbon. Full bodied. Flavor is heat, kandi, dark fruit (cherry?), bourbon, roasty (but not toasty or burnt) malt. There's a little spice making rum come to mind. Not dry. Bitter tho. Extremely good flavor.