Refrigerated 2006 bottling. Pours clear dark brown fleeting off-white head. Soft bready malt aroma. Sweet. The flavor is sweet and malty, no hops here. I’m not really getting any Bourbon here but there are a few things going on with dark fruit and caramel. Hides the alcohol well.

Sample at Falling Rock Beer Tasting with Dr. Bill on 10/13/2012. Hazy dark brown color with a medium eggshell white head that diminishes steadily. Strings of lacing on the glass. Vinous aroma with some herb and yeast notes. Full-bodied with flavors of herbal yeast, earth and fruit. The finish is oaky with a fruity aftertaste. Above average overall.

28th June 2009
Hazy dark brown beer. Off white thickish head. Softish and semi dry palate. Bitterish toffee with a little aniseed alcohol. Simple but pleaseing taste.

Medium offwhite head. Brown body with strong carbonation. Earthy caramelly alcoholic aroma with grape and herb notes. Dry wine grape and spicy roasty taste with earthy caramel notes. Mid-bodied. Mealy, faintly hot mouthfeel. Dry peppery spicy roasty aftertaste with syrupy papery strawberry notes. Very, very nice. (0.75l bottle shared by Ole_R.)

2006 vintage at the 5th Annual Epic Beer Tasting in Richmond, VA, November 28, 2010. Pours a hazy dark amber color with a large frothy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee, caramel, fruity notes, wood and an earthy finish. The taste is warm caramel and toffee notes, leafy hops, peppery wood, peack and plum. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer,

Brown bottle, 1 pint 9,4 ounces, savoured on August 10 2010; eye: bronze with a copper hue, no effervescence, moka head that turns into a tiny sheet, light lacing; nose: lots of malt, fig, scotch, woody; mouth: lots of malt, fig, woody, scotch, finale in malt with presence of alcohol, medium body, below-average carbonation, slightly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, savourée le 10 août 2010; œil : bronze avec une teinte cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse moka qui se transforme en une mince couverture, légère dentelle; nez : beaucoup de malt, figue, scotch, boisé; bouche : beaucoup de malt, figue, boisé, scotch, finale en malt avec présence d’alcool, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, très légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

Sampled at Max’s American Beer Fest. Pours a translucent amber, brown with a lacing head. Sweet caramel, chocolate aroma with nuts and a little bit of booze. Flavor is the same, nuts, caramel, some milk chocolate. Sweet, crisp finish. A little disappointing as there was very little hop presence and very little wood or barrel presence. Glad I didn’t pay for a bomber.

Golden-amber. Bright. Some caramel and earthy aroma with a grapey fruitiness. Very sweet. Almost a syrupy malt character; not getting much barrel.

March 2008 bottle. Pours with a large, creamy light brown head covering a murky deep auburn body. Good retention. Aroma of vanilla, peet, burbon, alcohol, and some dark fruits. Taste is peety, nutty, alcohol. A bit on the lively side carbonation, creamy mouthfeel. I feel that it is not even close to being worth the nearly $20 I paid for it.