Rcvd in trade.
The appearance has a dark brown close to black colored body with a slim half fingered white foamy head that dies within twenty seconds. There’s not much lacing but what there is tries to coat the glass but slides fairly quickly.
The smell has some dark rich malts, toffee and coffee with a large amount of barrel aged bourbon-ness. Once it warms a bit I do start to get some woodiness.
The taste is kinda sweet to woody almost a rich sort of maltiness that tries to add a bitterness but doesn’t really cut it. The aftertaste is a pretty rich woody/maltiness with a dry lingering woody finish.
The palate sits about a medium to heavy with a fairly low carbonation. There’s a decent sweet wet finish, sessionability - well, ok, not bad, I could see having several pints in a session.
Overall, this is an old ale and you know what - though old ales aren’t my go to style, this one was very good.

Bomber from East End, Knoxville. Pours a dark brown color with a thin fizzy brown head. Fair head retention. Aroma of roasted malt, heavy chocolate, tobacco, anise. The taste is roasted malts, bitter chocolate, dark fruits, tobacco, bitter hops. Medium bodied, booze, low carbonation, strong lingering bitterness, chewy texture. Nice stout.

Dark golden in the glass. Fresh and very floral in the nose. The beer starts smooth, very floral and slightly sweet. The aftertaste is smooth, nicely floral hopped and not too sweet. Nicely bitter. A great IPA! --> 13/12/12/12