Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium dark brown foamy head with OK retention and light lacing. Aroma of vanilla and coconut with some fudge notes and bourbon notes. Taste is a mix of coconut and vanilla, some fudge notes with some bourbon. Body is full with good carbonation with some light warming alcohol notes. Solid imperial stout with some pastry notes but well balanced overall.

(500ml bottle from 4th and 7, Toronto) Pours very dark brown with a small medium tan head without lace. Aroma of rich vanilla-spiked bourbon and toasted coconut, sweet dark chocolate and molasses, dark caramel too, some deep wood and earthy char notes as well, definitely a barrel-and-vanilla dominant nose. Flavour is sweet and liqueur-like up front, layers of burnt sugars and toffee, some molasses, heavy bourbon, lots of toasted coconut, quite some floral vanilla especially mid-sip onwards, semi-sweet chocolate which again builds later in the sip, drying wood and layers of roast/char and earthy cacao help to dry down the sugary initial attack. Some alcohol warmth into the finish and aftertaste. Medium-full body, oily, softly carbonated. I love coconut and this was a pastry-adjacent stout that used it well and blended it with strong bourbon characteristics. Would love a slightly thicker mouthfeel for this much barrel and a bit less heat, but time to dampen that would come at a cost to the adjuncts.

500ml (thx, Brian C. for the bottle and Max C. for the incredible pickup and air delivery) shared with George @ 🏡 Appearance: very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: thick, bourbon, coconut, vanilla, chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, lots of chocolate and coconut. Boozy finish. Overall: good one.