Taster pour from a can at The Beer Store, Salem. It’s an opaque inky black with nice viscosity. Aroma and taste are similar—nice roasted earthy malt, chocolate and soft bourbon. Mouthfeel is medium side of light to medium bodied with smooth texture soft mouthfeel and finish as taste. Overall, would have liked a bit more bourbon forward but better than overwhelming the base stout.

Pours thick jet black into a tulip. Mocha head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Espresso, vanilla and oak aromas. Thick with sweet licorice, very salty soy and hot bourbon upfront turning to dry oak and espresso in the hot, lasting finish.