7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Murky brown beer with a tan head. Bourbon and toffee aroma. Bourbon and big vanilla flavor with caramel/toffee. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and big vanilla linger with caramel and light dark fruit.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2025
at 22:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, undated as far as I can tell, but purchased recently and matching the 2025 abv on UT, though not the description. In fact, I can't make much sense of any of the descriptions. The can I'm drinking does not specify a bourbon, nor does it use rye barrels, and is listed at 18 months of aging. Drunk 12/18/25, as pictured.
Smells sticky-sweet with lots of gooey, cakey vanilla and toffee. Bourbon just present enough to mostly balance, though I wouldn't hate a bit more. Some peppery heat but no overt alcohol.
More bourbon in the flavor, thankfully, with a pineapple and coconut (light) character from the wood and liquor. Peppery, dry heat with rich fig, toffee and vanilla. Lingering bourbon spice with a nearly syrupy texture at points, though ending a bit more dry than it begins. Very burly, big, rich and intense.
Smells sticky-sweet with lots of gooey, cakey vanilla and toffee. Bourbon just present enough to mostly balance, though I wouldn't hate a bit more. Some peppery heat but no overt alcohol.
More bourbon in the flavor, thankfully, with a pineapple and coconut (light) character from the wood and liquor. Peppery, dry heat with rich fig, toffee and vanilla. Lingering bourbon spice with a nearly syrupy texture at points, though ending a bit more dry than it begins. Very burly, big, rich and intense.
Tried
from Can
from
Julio’s Liquors
on 18 Dec 2025
at 20:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample, thanks fonefan! Clear deep mahogany colour, no head. Some caramel and dates lures behind the intense bourbon in the nose. Sweet with full body and velvetty, rounded mouthfeel. Dates, honey and caramel creates a velvetty foundation. Bourbony oak, dates and spicy leaves sits on top. Warming mid bitter finish. Lovely softness, still it gets a bit one dimensional with all that bourbon.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2025
at 22:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Poured almost black in colour, with little life. The aroma is roasty, chocolate. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter and sweet, with a smooth, rich, roasty, chocolate, liquorice, earthy, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 15 Dec 2025
at 20:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is vanilla and bourbon, alcohol, dark malt, a little marzipan and sugar. Sweet flavour with a boozy finish. Rich and sugary with some nice Bourbon notes.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 13 Dec 2025
at 11:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance is amber, with a foamy 2-finger beige head. Aroma is hops, coffee and chocolate, toasty malt, caramel, toffee hints. Taste is caramel and chocolate, toffee, vanilla, nutty malt, fruitcake, hazelnut coffee, sweet malt and toffee. Works quite well.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2025
at 20:26
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2025
at 04:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Canned 1/15/25, drunk 12/5/25, as pictured.
Big port-like sweetness with soft round fruits and lots of caramel. Some bourbon richness atop sweet, round malts. No alcohol noted.
Flavor is similar but is just a bit light and watery, relative to style and for its size. Pushing it on the sweetness with the caramel, raisin, vanilla and grape character all outdoing spicy bourbon or acidity from malt or barrel tannin.
Big port-like sweetness with soft round fruits and lots of caramel. Some bourbon richness atop sweet, round malts. No alcohol noted.
Flavor is similar but is just a bit light and watery, relative to style and for its size. Pushing it on the sweetness with the caramel, raisin, vanilla and grape character all outdoing spicy bourbon or acidity from malt or barrel tannin.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2025
at 14:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to cgarvieuk. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas of coffee and vanilla. Taste is more of the same. More like a coffee pale than a stout.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2025
at 13:55
Can thanks to cgarvieuk.
Appearance - golden and mainly clear. Thin white head.
Nose - coffee and light vanilla, some syrup and sponge cake.
Taste - coffee mainly with some honeycomb.
Palate - medium bodied and sweet, then some roast on the finish.
Overall - something like a coffee IPA but heading towards a barley wine or strong ale.
Appearance - golden and mainly clear. Thin white head.
Nose - coffee and light vanilla, some syrup and sponge cake.
Taste - coffee mainly with some honeycomb.
Palate - medium bodied and sweet, then some roast on the finish.
Overall - something like a coffee IPA but heading towards a barley wine or strong ale.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2025
at 13:55