Another 16 oz can of imperial stout picked up from Half Time, a colorful label, no disputing that. Two good things I see in advance. Barrel aging and bourbon. I have a tulip glass ready to go for the pour so I proceed. I determine a brown-black liquid with a thin light tan skim. A sniff lets me know there is booze involved along with chocolate and toasted bread. The taste is all right but is not up to the level I anticipated. Wheat bread, chocolate certainly, a touch of bourbon, some unexpected coffee, berries, malt and earth. The sensation is thinner than I like in an imperial stout. Decently okay.

Black with a small foamy brown head. Boozy with anise, floral hops, cheap whiskey, faint chocolate and Windex. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.

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Keg at Cole’s - Buffalo, NY. Pours black-brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose gives off light roast, milk chocolate. Medium sweet flavour with notes of charred wood, dried berries, more milk chocolate, mellow bitterness. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with some dry chocolate, light ash, more simplistic milk chocolate, berries. OK overall.

Smells a little smokey,some roast malt from get go. Pours black, no head or lacing. Consistency on the syrupy side. Low carbonation. Taste very light, but some sweetness. Some booze as well. Tap Blue Monk.