Magus, mõru, šokolaad, vanilje, röst, alks, suhkur. Ok.

One of several superstrong imperial stouts aged on barrels that go by the name Antwerp, this one on Heaven Hill bourbon barrels, thanks Pieter for sharing! Medium thick, open, pale brownish beige head, retaining as a thin ring over a black beer with mahogany edges. Powerful nose of Belgian chocolates, clear bourbon and strong wood (oak furniture), vanilla, toffee, fig bread, toast, crushed pecan nuts, some beef stock, black pepper, raw cinnamon, dry caramel, coffee. Dense flavours, sweet yet not too cloying, dried fig, raisin, vague umami in the background (beef stock), soft carb with full and oily mouthfeel yet a bit thinned by alcohol; pecan-nutty, bitter-chocolatey, toffeeish and eventually toasted-bready malt bittersweetness, with the bitterness enhanced by hops, pronounced woody tannins, roasty bitter accents and, eventually, a heating glow of clear bourbon, scorching a bit in the end. At this strength, it is not too surprising that the bourbon behaves quite intrusively - a bit too much perhaps, but as a whole this beer remains an intense, bold composition of flavours whilst avoiding the pitfall of the cloying sweetness one all too often encounters in present-day imperial stouts. Not my preferred one in this series, but high quality nonetheless.