16oz can - part of beer club. Big beer - the barrel aged combo here made almost more of a strong ale than anything. okay

12 oz. bottle
11.0% ABV
Bottled: 07/10/2025
$15.99 4-pk @ Publix - Got as a BOGO

AROMA: Sweet with fair amounts of raisins, oatmeal, and booze. I also get faint hints of charred wood, roasted marshmallow, and vanilla. All-in-all a very nice aroma!

APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque black, with a tall (3-finger), loosely-frothy, dirty-tan head that dissipates moderately-quick with moderate lacing. It looks quite compelling in my clear glass, but I do wish the head stuck around a bit longer.

TASTE: Sweet with flavors of raisins and booze being at the forefront, oatmeal and chocolate in the middle, and vanilla and bourbon bringing up the rear. It's a very tasty beer, but the sweetness factor is high and borders right on my sweetness tolerance. Any sweeter and I would have a hard time finishing the beer. I'm also not a big fan of extreme "booze" flavors, but in this case, it's prevalent without being overpowering. But again, it's right on the border of my tolerance.

My biggest "gripe" on the taste is that, as the beer warms, I lose the overall oatmeal cookie flavor, because the raisin and booze flavors really start to take over.

MOUTHFEEL: Full-bodied with a thick, silky-smooth texture. This is a very luxurious feeling beer! In reality, carbonation is about average, but the thick texture gives the illusion that the carbonation is significantly below-average. Don't fall for the illusion, there's plenty of "fizz" in the beer! To be honest, I don't think I've ever had a beer with this type of mouthfeel, before. I find it to be very alluring!

OVERALL: I've had other Dragon's Milk varieties, so I kinda had an idea of what to expect. However, this one is much sweeter than I was expecting. But in its defense, the sweetness factor doesn't really increase much as the beer warms. For me, that's its saving grace from adding it to my "very nice, but I'll never buy it again" list. Given the nice overall flavor and luxurious texture, I would buy this every few years. If they lowered the sweetness factor, I would buy it every year. And if they tamed the "booze" flavor a little too, then I would buy it a few times a year.

A soft, thick tan head on a standard near black body. Nose starts with a bourbon booziness, underpinned by Chocolate, cherries, woodiness and a hint of vanilla. Taste profile is smooth creamy and complex. Bourbon, milk chocolate, ripe cherries, rich berries, molasses and roasted caramel malts are all present. There is an oaky element as well and at least ample sweetness. Expected a larger, higher impact taste profile for 11% ABV, but a very tasty Imperial stout nonetheless

Smells of resinous and citrusy hops with oak. Tastes of piney and citrusy hops, caramel malt, vanilla, and oak. Hops is substantial though perhaps not as palate crushing as I expected/hoped. Good. I don’t get using the Dragon’s Milk name on an IPA though.

Taking thid beer from the Hallowen party, the last year, at Epalinges, best before 11/24, enjoying this can yesterday night, before to sleep, smooth, malty, spicy with a dominant side of cynamon, note of Indian chai, a bit watery, normal bitterness.