650 ml bottle. Pours a dark red/brown with medium tan head. Strong aromas of cocoa powder and dried coffee grounds with a slight hint of dark fruit. Dry but with a twist. Flavors of burnt malts, espresso, bitter chocolate, and a little cream and licorice.

Unclear dark brown color with compact head, persistent. The aroma is mildly sour, gentle funkiness, and with some hazelnuts too; a lot of carbonic gas; lightly dusty; later there is a note of yeast/cheese. Smooth mouthfeel, also very dry; light caramel flavor, a bit earthy and dusty, with moderate sourness, and low bitterness; the final is rather weak, and lightly astringent.
Balanced, and flawless, but not daring, and without fruity touch.

650mL bottle, pours a dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma is full of bourbon barrels, vanilla, oak, loads of booze, and caramel malts. Flavour is incredibly boozy, with loads of vanilla, bourbon, oak and booze, secondary notes of dark fruits, caramel malts and more booze. Did I mention this was boozy? Certainly complex and somewhat elegant, but the booze detracts big time from this. Ridiculously boozy - did I mention this? Feels like it's close to 20%. Decent stuff, though very difficult to drink to its booziness. Maybe sitting on this for a year or more will conceal some of the rough edges.

Bottle - Grapefruit, pine and some well balanced sweet malts on the nose. Clear copper with a nice medium white head. An intense bitterness right of the bat, that thankfully mellows but still lingers. Pine, resin and a bit of alcohol. A nice rich mouthfeel, carbonated perfectly. Too much bitterness destroys the balance.

2018-01-22, bottle from Legacy, Vancouver, 5 years old, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Dark caramel, burn sugar and darks malts, strong elements in the aroma and flavor, nice fruit touch from the malts, the bourbon is barely noticeable, there are minor signs of oxidization.
Beautiful.

2017-04-24, bottle from Legacy Liquor Store, Vancouver, 5 years old, 7-5-8-4-16=40
Aroma of malts, caramel, some oak barrel, hint of cardboard. Juicy malts, fudge, some chocolate, hints of bourbon, leading to a warm alcohol final.
Big nutty boozer.

2012-12-24, bottle from Legacy Liquor Store, Vancouver, 6-5-8-4-16=39
So, the guys at Driftwood have traveled and discovered that with wax all over the cap of the bottle they can seriously annoy the customers. The color is dark mahogany, with small compact head, and nice lace. Mild aroma of caramel and apple peel, unexpected and weird. Very good caramel and malt flavor, with a touch of chocolate; full bodied, with a good amount of sweetness but not thick or syrupy; some fruity impression (it becomes more evident if the beer is paired with salty and savory food); there is a pleasant alcohol kick, more evident that the light Bourbon vanilla touch; mild nuttiness in the end, and more alcohol.
Good beer, but less good than the original, and not very elegant with all that booze. Mixed feelings…

Great sourness though the palate can be a little sweet. Looks darker like a Rodenbach but with more carbonation. A little Dunkel-style stuff in there too. What can I say, I rarely have a sour ale I hate, and this is a pretty good one.

Many gave high marks for this one but I found the hops to be a bit too citrus-y if that’s a word. Nice head and a bright orange body, the intended layers of hops don’t mingle as well as I hoped they would. Still a highly drinkable brew but I don’t think it’s the amazing beer many say it is.

Bottle - Light citrus and grass, pleasantly sweet. Clear light orange, light foamy white head. Nice hoppy and lightly bitter ale. Sessionable and very flavourful.