6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Roast and some vanilla. Coffee. Black pour with decent head. Bitter end. Can.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12 ounce can from Jack's Fresh Mart Menominee, 4/21/24. Black, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of chocolate, mint, coffee, roast. Taste is mint, chocolate, roast. Tad bit thin. Solid.

8.3

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Canned 8/25/2020, drunk 12/27/2024.
Beautiful pour. Large, tan head with pretty strong retention. Mostly clear, dark mahogany-auburn.
Rich hazelnut and dark chocolate, per the series. Fruit is tart, lightly seedy, lightly juicy, not overdone. But of fruity coffee on the end alongside light vanilla and hints of mild soy. Mellow, no alcohol noted. Very balanced as the other entries in the series were, with great aromatics.
A good bit drier than the other beers in the series. Seedy, bitter, yet juicy raspberry with bitter bakers chocolate and a full body. Light fudge, coffee, hazelnut and vague whiskey character on the finish.

8

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

Canned 9/15/2020, drunk 12/26/24.
Large tan head, moderate retention. Dark, clear.
Nose has a good mix of sweet and dark notes without too much dark fruit and low roast. Not boozey with only light bourbon character. It definitely has the mellowness of a BA beer, but there's certainly no distinct bourbon character. The adjuncts are moderate, very homogeneous. At this point, anyways (beer is over four years old).
Sweet, rich, with that same rather homogeneous adjunct character that isn't overdone, at least four years of age in. Full-bodied, short of syrupy. Quite sweet, with a strong bitter adjunct character on the end and some Barrel-Aged character that is, again, very indistinct. But clean, pretty polished, not boozey and very flavorful. And value-wise it's insane. $6!

7.1

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

Bottled 10/23/24, drunk 12/24/24.
Well shit, I didn't realize this was frickin two months old. I assumed it was a shelf turd, like every other OSA beer around here. Didnt look until after opening. Damn. Oh well, here goes nothing...very small smattering of grey-tan head. Clear. Dark brown.
Spicy, drying rye whiskey is somewhat mellow and vanilla beans are tasteful. Choco-lactic lactose and fudgey malts with light barrel character and only light warming from alcohol. Not all that cohesive or rounded/mellowed yet, but could be a lot worse....
Malty, though with some thin, very dry and spicy notes and loosened by the use of lactose. But for two months old this is pretty stellar. Still some glue-like alcohol, but nothing burns. Very sweet finish. Yeah, needs a lot more time in the bottle, at least another six-to-nine months. But it's still passable.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7

Beer #2 of my inappropriately named beer flight.

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7