Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

2018 Vintage (4 years old): Ridiculously deep and dark brown coloured body with a very thin, single centimetre tall tan and relatively large-bubbled head that fades very quickly and leaves just about nothing up top. Aroma of alcohol, molasses, anise, licorice, coffee, vanilla, lactose and earth with a big oaky and barrel-y note from bourbon with a lot of malts here too of course. Medium to Full-bodied; Very rich earthy and molasses flavours show at first with some canella, coffee, caramelised sugars, toffee, vanilla and bourbon all here, but a lot of toffee at the end - very sticky and rich. Aftertaste shows some pungent malts with a lot of earthiness, a dash of nuts and grain and some caramel and just a slight spicey component which shows anise and canella, but a lot of sugars, more alcohol and a rich finish. Overall, a super pungent and deep beer that is a bit muted due to the age and sweetness, but still showing enough, especially on the sweetness front to make this rich and robust throughout without being too thin. I sampled this eight ounce pour on draught at Toronado in San Francisco, California on 10-March-2022 for US$6,00 sampled while here in the city one more time.