Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330mL bottle, pours jet black with a small beige head. Nose is full of deep roast, plenty of hops still tickling the nose hairs after all these years, intense woody barrel, and a touch of vanillin. Flavour is wonderfully rich and complex, with deep roast, a wonderful vanilla overtone, robust woody bourbon barrels, moderate booziness, and gentle sweetness on the finish. Wonderful vanillin character that blends wonderfully with the deep bourbon and wood character. Beauty.

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

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Black dark brown colour, no head and aroma of molasses, roast malt, dark fruits, coffee. Taste is roasted malty, molasses, caramel, chocolate & nut notes, coffee, dark fruity, with earthy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, full bodied, soft carbonation, drying roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330mL bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Nose has plenty of iodine, not as much peat as expected given 5 years in an Islay barrel, with restrained toasted malt at the core as per the base. Flavour is more aggressive, with intense smoky peated whiskey barrel, plenty of roast, nice boozy kick, and even still some hoppy bitterness poking through after all these years. Fairly aggressive Islay, but the base beer is so mild for an imperial stout that it doesn’t come across brutal at all. Excellent.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Van Moll Fest (Jan/26)
Pours almost black with moderate foamy nitro like head. Aromas of creamy coffee, bourbon, and slick roasted malts. Flavors of oaky bourbon, maple syrup, creamy coffee, dry vanilla and roasted malts. Very good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has tons of gently smoky whiskey barrels, a touch of bourbon, light iodine, wood, and toasted malt. Flavour has tons of wood, medium roast, tons of whiskey barrel, less so of the bourbon, finishing fairly dry and woody. Not a big body given the base, but those barrels are coming through nicely. Excellent.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Tidens Farver @ Home. Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, whisky, dried fruit, wood. Flavor is light sweet, roasted malt, caramel, sweet dried dark fruit, wood, little sherry, whisky. Medium body, soft carbonation, light sweet finish with a little warming alcohol. 170326

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7