Older Viscosity
375 ml bottle, 07 vintage poured black with just the slightest hint of ruby red highlights. tan head with 1/2 inch sticky foam. completely opaque beer. decent lacing for 12.1% abv. nose is virtually all bourbon. lots of it. background of sweet maltiness, but 95% bourbon, even after 10+ months aging. taste is hot still, lots of bourbon up front. the middle reveals strong vanilla and wood despite the heat and burning from the strong bourbon flavor. there is sweetness midpalate with the vanilla, but finish is hot. This could be described as if someone took a good porter, added some whiskey, a teaspoon of vanilla, and reduced it to make it thick, and stirred it with a wooden spoon. This is thick and creamy, but not as thick as I expected from the bottle label and the hype surrounding this one. Still, very creamy and plenty of carbonation for a beer of this abv. This is a sipper for sure. the whiskey makes it that way for sure. Any more than 375 and I would be hard pressed to finish it, and probably wouldnt be able to walk afterwards. nice after dinner sipper, but wish I would have shared it with one other person.