8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma has raisins, cherries, figs, caramel, vanilla cocoa, oak tannin, bourbon, some Belgian spice character. Flavor is pretty sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Soft mouthfeel. Nice beverage.

7.8

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

Keg at the Beavertown Extravaganza, day two, 09/09/2017. A clear brown coloured pour with no head. Aroma is layered malts, toast, toffee, oak, jammy fruits, apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, oily wood, layered malts, jammy fruits. Palate is woody , sticky brown sugars. Decent.

7.8

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

Sample @ MBCC2017. Pours black with a brown head. Aromas of caramel, bread, light vanilla, booze, chocolate. Taste is chocolatey, caramel, bready, booze.

7.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Brown bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, from and with Chantal Trudeau (merci!), savoured on January 21 2018; eye: black, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: madeira, fig, roasting, chocolate; mouth: madeira, fig, roasting, grapes pie, light woody, caramel, slight acidity, light alcohol, finale in caramel with light presence of bourbon, medium-full body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: quite likable

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, de et avec Chantal Trudeau (merci!), savourée le 21 janvier 2018; œil : noire, opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : madère, figue, torréfaction, chocolat; bouche : madère, figue, torréfaction, tarte aux raisins, léger boisé, caramel, très légère acidité, léger alcool, finale en caramel avec légère présence de bourbon, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien aimé

8

Owocowe, bourbonowe, rodzynkowe, slodkie, srednio ciala, ciut agresywne, nieco przyprawowe, dosc chlalne, bardzo sympatyczne piwero.

8.5

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

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/27/2017. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a small foamy tan head with poor retention, that reduces to nothing pretty quickly. No lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of huge raisin, prune, plum, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, red grape/wine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, and brown bread; with lighter notes of sherry, leather, tobacco, chocolate, cocoa, pepper, clove, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Touch of increasing booze in the aroma as it warmed, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roast malts, candi sugar, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, prune, plum, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, red grape/wine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, and brown bread; with lighter notes of sherry, leather, tobacco, chocolate, cocoa, pepper, clove, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal/roast bitter and yeast/bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark fruits, cherry, apricot, red apple, red grape/wine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, brown bread, sherry, leather, tobacco, chocolate, cocoa, light pepper/clove, yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts, candi sugar, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a solid malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and no cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, and rich mouthfeel that is insane. Light slickness, sticky hop, chalky roast, oak tannin, and increasing dryness. Mild increasing warmth of 12.9%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged Belgian strong dark ale! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts, candi sugar, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; extremely smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the very mildly bitter/spicy/tannic/drying finish. This is the smoothest BSDA I have ever had for the ABV. Insanely balanced rich malt/sugar/yeast complexity, with perfect bourbon barrel integration. I knew this would be amazing because of the De Struise involvement. Similar to most Pannepot, with added bourbon barrel complexity. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example.

7.9

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

Draft @ MBCC 2017. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty woody bourbon spicy caramel and dark fruit aroma. Fruity malty spicy woody bourbon dark fruity flavor. Has a fruity malty woody dark fruit and caramel finish.

9

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8

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

Draft at One Mile House, NYC. Pours almost black with a dark tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruit, chocolate notes. Taste follows nose, with raisins, fig, warming alcohol, oak. Very nice.

7

Planet of barrel character, caramel, toffee, vanilla & bread. Sweet, bitter & malty taste. Round astringent mouthfeel. Ok...