Barrel is very prominent here. Probably too powerful for a lighter stout and it just takes over the beer. Black pour with great head and lacing. Big whiskey smell with some roast in the background. Finish rather sour with some bitterness. Thick consistency. Sampled at the Winterbrewed festival in Ottawa.

A deep dark stout with a thick frothy brown head. In aroma, bitter chocolate with good coffee notes, light vanilla and wood notes, nice. In mouth, a sour chocolate malt with coffee grind, vanilla, wood extract, complex and interesting. On tap at Winterbrewed 2014.

Sample, draught, during the National Capital Craft Beer Festival, savoured on August 16 2013; eye: black, opaque, nice tan head, nice lacing; nose: woody, whisky, vanilla, bourbon; mouth: woody, bourbon, vanilla, roasted malt, finale in bourbon with presence of vanilla, medium body, below-average carbonation, lightly sweet, thin; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, en fût, bue lors du National Capital Craft Beer Festival, savourée le 16 août 2013; œil : noire, opaque, belle mousse fauve, belle dentelle; nez : boisé, whisky, vanille, bourbon; bouche : boisé, bourbon, vanille, malt torréfié, finale en bourbon avec présence de vanille, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, légèrement sucrée, mince; en résumé : correct

Bottle: Poured a black color stout with a small foamy head with OK retention. Aroma of light roasted malt with quite a bit of coffee notes with some vanilla note supplementing this mix. Taste is also dominated by roasted malt with light bitter notes with some string coffee notes with plenty of vanilla notes. Body is a bit thin with OK carbonation. I was surprised by the amount of vanilla that came through and thought this was close to a vanilla flavoured cappuccino.