8

American oak, leather, moderately sweet, sherry. Taste is along the same lines, moderately sweet, some berries, a lot of American oak. Nice one.
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8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 oz can. Pours black with short dark tan head. Aromas of bourbon, chocolate nougat, dark caramel, treacle, and slick roasted malts. Flavors of rich dark caramel (almost like maple syrup) raisins, sweet bourbon, more chocolate nougat, and rich roasty malts. Quite sweet but definitely tasty and very good.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Bottleworks, pours jet black with a small dark brown head. Aroma is rich, dominated by a decadent combo of bourbon and sherry barrels, followed by molasses, dark sugars, and some roast. Flavour is very rich and quite sweet, with intense sherry barrels and dark sugars upfront, with the bourbon creeping in secondarily, along with molasses and dark dried fruits. It's a bit too sweet for me, but there's a remarkable complexity to this, in no small part due to the double barrel. Wonderful.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Canned, 355 ml, at Brouwer's Cafe. Black with tan head. Sweet chocolate, caramel, dried fruit, bit sugary and syrupy. Medium bodied.

8.2

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

On tap at Churchkey. Pours a clear deep amber brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice bourbon and caramel combination with some sweet grains and a bit of Sherry coming through. Flavor has bourbon, toffee and caramel with sweet grains and a slight bite of Sherry.

8

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

Draught @ MASH 23. Sweetish, slightly roasty and heavy with barrel notes, some syrup, toffee and sherry notes, hints of figs --- Beer merged from original tick of Starcleaners on 28 Oct 2023 at 18:26 - Score: 8. Original review text: Sweetish, slightly roasty and heavy with barrel notes, some syrup, toffee and sherry notes, hints of figs

7.5

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

Roast, caramel. Black pour with good head and lacing.Toffee. Lots more caramel in the finish. Tap at Snally.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Snallygaster: pours black with beige head. Aroma is booze, chocolate, vanilla. Whisky, vanilla, pastry. Solid.

7.8

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

Snallygaster 2023. Pours black. Toffee, chocolate, biscuit, sweet syrup. Medium body. Good.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Dark brown, sticky and lots of bourbon. Light stouty roast, depth of fruity notes that integrate well, with a little help from the barrel.