Bomber courtesy of Marsiblursi. Pours very dark wooden brown, almost black, with a fizzy an creamy brownish beige head that quickly dissipates while leving some lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet, tiny sour, fruity and yeasty with roasted malts, prunes, dark rye bread, dark grapes, fruit toffee, tropical fruit hard candy, yeasty esters, banana bread, dark roast coffee, chocolate, wood, oatmeal cookies and vanilla essence. Taste is sweet and malty with dark rye bread, orange zest, banana bread, rosemary, wet soil, coffee, bitter chocolate, roasted malts, wood, prunes, grapes, tropical fruit hard candy, liquorice root and hits of resin and leather. Mouthfeel is round, tiny tart, smooth and medium bodied. Finish is sweet, very tiny tart and malty with roasted malts, banana read, prunes, grapes, liquorice root, wet leaves and hints of caraway and rye bread. All over the place in a rather pleasant way.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor with weak hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish.

Bottle. Pours black with tan head. Nose/taste of roast chocolate malt, old coffee grounds, cherry, wood, vanilla and lactose and burnt toast. Medium body.

Bomber. Deep brown body approaching black. Frothy tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate with hints of cherry, grain, pine. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium to full body, velvety texture, soft carbonation. Good balance between sweet and bitter. Tastes of chocolate, toast, roasted malts, dark cherry with a slight flavor of wood and vitamin B. Leaves the impression of a rich beer with lots of flavor. Unique and enjoyable.

Bomber from Half Time. Pours black with a dark tan head. Aroma is very dark/burnt malt with a lot of herb/wood/spice. Full bodied. Flavor is sort of chocolate, going to smoked malt, going to spice, going to hop. There’s a lot going on in this one. It is very smooth, and a bit more sweet than not. After the sugars go away, the finish is bitter, and maybe even a touch rosemary. Hard to tell. Hellish good beer, and excessively drinkable.

Bomber bottled Oct 2011 on sticker over the cap. Got at Table and Vine. Served in an English pint. Very nice eye appeal of thick, tan head. Plenty of Retention and lace. Heavy roasted malt on the nose. A very complex flavor initially of roasted malts followed by the hops, and I get a spice in the finish, maybe the rosemary they speak of. Chocolate and light coffee flavors as well. Insinuation of some bitterness as it warms. Balanced real well. Full bodied with an oily texture. Nice stout.

i think dan is way more of a mad genius than anyone else in craft brewing right now, and yes...more than sam from dogfish. this was a very easy to drink stout, not trying to play one-upsmanship like most others in terms of abv, just going after the right combo that will be something new. love it.