Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Thanks Virby44! 2021 vintage into a taster showing pitch black with dark brown rims.

The nose shows intense notes of cinnamon and Graham crackers.

The palate is well carbonated and full bodied with a lightly oily mouthfeel and a mild peppercorn crackle. Lightly sweet with a cinnamon toast forwardness followed by a very light latte bitterness on the finish.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Black with a brown head - Dark malt and a spicy aroma - Dark malt body with wood barrel and spicy flavours - The spicy flavours ggoes into the finish - This was good

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at Argus w/ Adam D. during the GTMW preparties, 8/9/24. Black, no head. Aroma of toasted malt, honey, chocolate, caramel, raisin, cola, Taste is cocoa, roast, chocolate, peppercorn, caramel, vanilla, booze. Full bodied.

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle pour, courtesy of good people in line for Side project. Black and oily with light brownish head. Dark chocolate, some vanilla, bourbon with notes of cinnamon. Moderate sweetness with some bitterness. Full bodied.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Excellent evening sipper Complete black pour and a small beige head Fine intensity in the aroma Pleasant sweetness for a beer like this Also a fine soft carbonation level. Easy to drink Well masked alcohol level Dark malt, chocolate, coffee, oak and a pleasant mild cinnamon flavor [Bottle – shared with ChrisOfstad]

0,75 litre Bottle, from a trade, St home. (As 2022 Vintage Bottle nr. 0541/3500) Black with little head. Roasted Malts, Chocolate, cinnamon, coffee, bourbon, barrel.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

2023 750mL bottle, #1723, drunk 9/30/23, SP 10th line share. Dark, unclear. Burgundy-maroon edges. Burnt tan head does form but quickly fizzles away. Lots of cinnamon, less so pepper. Aggressive bourbon character still a touch hot. Cinnamon, bourbon, alcohol cut through the heavily chocolatey/fudgey malts. In the mouth it's fairly soft and very sweet. Not as much as the last BA darklord I had, but still much too sweet. No thick, rich, syrupy texture to soak up all this sugar, cinnamon and alcohol. Thinning on the finish. Bourbon has its moments. Cinnamon is overdone, though not egregiously so. But at the end of the day it's unbalanced on account of the sweetness.

Fairly thick, sweet, boozy. Cinnabons, brown sugar, dark chocolate, kahlua, peppery spiciness. Considering all that pretty smooth, lovely complexity, excellent.