Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Umame and chocolate. Jet brown with a small brown head. Dark and sweet sticky notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out loads of coffee, cocoa, medium roast, and a touch of wood. Flavour is loaded with intense coffee, with a bit of cocoa beans, medium roast, and light oak. The alcohol is quite subdued, showcasing the coffee intensely. 14.5%? Really? This is smooth as hell. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark brown, lots of alcohol with some harsher coffee bean notes, but mostly alcohol and burly wood. On the palate, lots of alcohol, lots of wood. Pretty rich. There's some nice dark sugars to mellow out that finish, too. Big, burly, and then it ends up balanced anyway. Some coffee, touch of chocolate. This is a lot of fun.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Roasty with a touch of sweet barrel notes. Deep dark brown with a small frothy head. Sweet chocolate, light woody notes and toffee.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out tons of oak, with moderate brandy, and medium roast. Flavour is quite wood-heavy, with plenty of brandy, oak, and medium roast. Really nice woody character, with a lovely tempered brandy character. This is lovely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown. On the nose, with lots of vinous notes. Big wood character, brandy, vinous notes, lots of brown sugar. Pretty full body. Maybe more of a barley wine character because not big roast. Quite fun, actually.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tasting at Matt's, bottle
Dark amber/brown colour. Nice dark sugar, caramel, moderate bourbon, lacking a bit of depth and complexity, but overall very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle at Matt's. Appearance: hazy brown with a tan head. Aroma: some booze, dark fruits. Taste: along the same lines, some wood. Overall: good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Toffee and cola notes. Deep dark brown with a beige head. Raisin and sweet prune notes with a long finish. Very dark and sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma is quite complex, with lots of deep dark fruits, bourbon barrels, toffee, and caramel. Flavour is wonderfully complex, with lots of molasses, gentle bourbon, oak, and dark dried fruits. Deep, elegant and complex, yet somehow atypical for the style -- lots of molasses and dark fruits. Excellent.