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Bottle at Craigs. Pours black, nose is caramel, oak, chocolate, floral, taste is sweet, roasted, chocolate, chewy caramel, tasty.

Bottle at Craig's. Nose is chocolate, toffee, vanilla. Very thick, oily mouthfeel, chocolate, coffee, fudge. Spicy finish. Nice!

Massive thanks to ben for this bottle at home .. dark black ... thin tan lacing ... massive dry meaty chocolate malts... heavy bourbon ... dark sweet chocolate malts ... rich malts .. heavy roast ... dark malts .. heavy sweet ... big boozy chocolate malts... rich bourbon .. chocoalte roast ... dark heavy malts ... . meaty chocolate

Bottle courtesy of Jacob. 2017 vintage. viscous black pour with a thin dark mocha head. Roasty nose with light barrel presence. Liquorice, coffee, resiny hops, earth & bourbon. Sweet, bitter & malty taste. Fat, round & astringent mouthfeel. Great beer but not close to a regular one aged to its peak.

12 ounce bottle thanks to Brandon. Expy is still my favorite beer. So this was a major want. Pours a jet black color with a medium dark brown head. A big expy nose, licorice, huge dark fruit, light bourbon. Dark roast, sugary dark fruit, vanilla, bourbon, hot, licorice. Very good. Hotter than Expy bigger, sugary. Very good.

Roasty nose with light barrel presence. Liquorice, coffee, resiny hops, earth & bourbon. Sweet, bitter & malty taste. Fat, round & ast mouth

Bottle at RBSG. Pours a very dark brown, nearly black color with a thick brown head. Huge aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, vanilla, and bourbon barrel. Sweet at times, so rich in flavor. Dark chocolate, heavy roast, woody, vanilla, and whiskey barrel notes. The barrel compliments the base beer nicely? so delicious.

5600th review! 12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 6/2/2017. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy dark tan head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, molasses, fudge, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, marshmallow cream, biscuit, dark bread, and roasted nuts; with lighter notes of licorice, cherry, raisin, fig, date, coconut, smoke, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and bourbon barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, molasses, fudge, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, marshmallow cream, biscuit, dark bread, and roasted nuts; with lighter notes of licorice, cherry, raisin, fig, date, coconut, smoke, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Light roasted bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, molasses, fudge, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, marshmallow cream, biscuit, dark bread, roasted nuts, light licorice/dark fruits, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and bourbon barrel flavors; with an amazing roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance, with zero cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Very slight dryness from bitter/oak spiciness as well. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, and slightly chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is insane. Alcohol is extremely well hidden; a mildly increasing warmth of 12.8%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a world class barrel aged Russian imperial stout! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Definitively a great improvement over the base beer, which is already a top style favorite. Same huge, rich, and complex malt body; with perfect barrel integration across the board. Also extremely less bitter; hardly any charred roast and earthy hop notes. A lot smoother/silkier and far less drying. An insanely amazing offering, and top tier style example.

12 oz bottle of the 2017 release. Pours black with a light brown head. Sweet syrupy molasses, cocoa, bourbon, oak aroma. Flavor is a bold chocolate bourbon, molasses, oak, roasty coffee, cream, raisin, soy, smoke. This is hitting so many great notes right from the first sip. Intense flavors, and though it’s sweet, it manages not to be cloyingly sweet. Awesome!