Bottle pours out cola brown topped with a small tan head. Nose is sweet caramel toffee pitfruit malts a little brown sugar and a nice bourbon barrel treatment. Taste is more of the nice sweet malt combo pitfruit and the bourbon barrel vanilla notes.

Poured from a 375 ml bottle. Aroma is fairly chocolate forward with bittersweet and milk chocolate notes. Lighter notes of dark caramel and toffee with lighter roast and hints of ash. Light fruit notes of prune and raisin. Light bourbon and alcohol notes with faint oak. Pours jet black with a medium sized, thick, dark mocha head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers on the edges. Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of chocolate, dark caramel, toffee and Tootsie Rolls. Lighter notes of toasted bread, burnt sugar and roast. Hints of ash, leather and vanilla. Faint raisin and prunes notes, but not as strong as in the aroma. Medium bitterness and medium light alcohol notes. Light bourbon and hints of oak. Mouthfeel is full body and fairly sticky with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid BA imperial stout. Nice malt profile, especially in the aroma. Perhaps a bit too sweet and sticky for my preferences. It doesn't seem like the barrel really comes though either.

16 oz can pouted, picked up at Special Brews. Mildly cloudy, light golden appearance. Fading head. Dank grassy hop nose, some onion and a little melon. Flavor is cool, refreshing, and almost juicy. Melon front, with some mango like notes. Lingering bold bitterness, citrus rind. Really tasty.

16 oz can poured, from Special Brews. Clean and clear, lighter appearance, golden color, loose head that fades. Citrus, oily hop bill. Grassy onion hop nose. Moderately bitter hop bite. Super mosaic showcase, and it's an awesome flavor profile. Cool finish. Very tasty brew.

On tap at Oakland CHoP. Aroma is malt forward and rich with lots of layers of dark, rusted, rye breads, molasses, burnt sugar, dark caramel and toffee, burnt sugar and notes of dark fruits. Hints of chocolate and roast. Fruit. Medium light bourbon notes with hints of oak. Medium light alcohol notes. Pours black with very dark brown hues on the edges and a small, mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where a faint film lingers. No lacing and sheets of alcohol. Flavor is very sweet with lots of dark caramel, toffee toasted rye bread, crackers, molasses and burnt sugar notes. Lighter notes of dark fruits, chocolate and roast. Medium high bitterness and moderately high alcohol warmth. Light bourbon notes and hints of oak. Mouthfeel is full bodied and a bit silky with low carbonation. Low astringency and medium high alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid barleywine / munichwine. Really nice, complex malt notes in the aroma and flavor. Solid barrel character that really works well with the malt notes. Alcohol is very present but well carried by the malt profile and body. It's full bodied but not sticky.