8.4

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

Bottle at One last Hurrah for Cycle. Deep mahogany pour with a modest head, releasing rich aromas of caramel, toffee, and a hint of leathery malt. The flavor is layered—malty sweetness, burnt sugar depth, and a subtle raisin note that adds finesse. Smooth and warming, with just enough complexity to keep it engaging throughout. A well-crafted sipper

7.8

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

Bottle at One last Hurrah for Cycle. Pours pitch black with a creamy beige head, offering aromas of chocolate, dried fruit, and a whisper of bourbon. The taste leans sweet and fruity, with decadent notes but lacking the depth of burnt sugar or robust barrel presence. Mouthfeel is smooth yet lighter than expected, making it easy to drink but not particularly memorable. Overall, a pleasant but underwhelming experience—solid, but not stirring.

8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared in Malaysia, thank you Johnson! Poured almost black in colour with little life. The aroma is roasty, big hazelnut, The flavour is moderate to strong sweet, with a smooth, super rich, roasty, toffee, butterscotch, liquorice, chocolate, warm, boozy alcohol bitter palate. Full bodied with flat carbonation. Awesome.

8.1

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

22oz (thx, Matt!) @ SF.
Aroma: boozy, some nutty character, a lot of barrel.
Taste: thick, a lot of wood, inky, some sweetness.
Overall: definitely good and unique.

9.5

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Really black. That is one rich aroma - walnuts, deep chocolate, char, alcohol. On the palate, that's big. Boozy chocolate, rich walnuts, intense char, some tannins in the finish, a fair bit of alcohol. Holy fuck. That's something. Something amazing. That depth and richness, super concentrated char, malts, sugars.

9

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

22 oz. bottle, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma is huge on the woody barrel, almost coming across like deep roasted nuts (walnuts especially), massive bourbon, and a touch of vanillin. Flavour is massively barrel-forward as expected, with tons of bourbon, deep wood, moderate-to-heavy roast, more of that rich walnut thing, and finishing massively woody, low on residual sugars. Wonderful complexity from the barrels.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from 650mL bottle. Very dark brown with minimal beige head. Roasty, nutty, tobacco, barrel forward, fairly dry, decent.

9

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

22oz bottle. Pours black with a thin tan head. Ridiculous amount of woody, nutty barrels, bourbon, some black liquorice, and roasted malts on the nose. Flavour has a ton of woody barrel character, comes across a bit nutty, black liquorice, good bourbon, roasted malts. Body is appropriately thick. The barrel character here is huge, more woody and nutty than anything else, but it's been so well-incorporated into the base.

8

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

Bottle.

A- Black color, black liquid, no head.

A- Cinnamon, maple.

F- Cinnamon, maple, booze, light banana, subtle tang, chocolate.

T- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish.

O- Loads of cinnamon and maple on the nose and about the same on the palate. The banana comes through as it warms. Fairly well balanced. Never had a banana stout but have 4 in my fridge, is this a new trend? Sad that my first Cycle is from their finale run as a brewery. Good stuff.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5