Founders Backwoods Bastard
Thanks to BrewerB for this one! Poured into snifter: Pours hazed brown with a thin tan head that immediately becomes wispy. Some slowly vanishing lace sticks. The smell is of raisins, toffee, bourbon (don't know which - but it's a nice one!), and vanilla/oak. The taste is of raisins, toffee - towards chocolate with some peat. A nice bourbon character comes through strongly, but not overwhelmingly. As it progresses, some cherry and more vanilla come through. Sweet turning to a dry whiskey-like finish. Seems as though the bourbon were added directly to the beer. The body is medium, but on the fuller side. I would have expected a but more fullness, but this works well enough to (barely) get the given score. Pretty smooth, though with a kick. This is a nice sipper, to say the least. A tasty maltiness combined with bourbon. I'm a happy man to have tried this one!