In a word… Different. Is it stout? Is it ale? It is a bit of both. It has an overwhelming coffee aroma and taste. This what the stout is about. The finish? This is the ale. A nice hoppy bitterness on the back end.
It pours like well used motor oil and slaps you in the face with coffee the minute it hits the bottom of the tulip. No head to speak off at all and no lacing what-so-ever, thanks to the 11.5 ABV.
It is aged in used Bourbon barrels but I would not be able to tell without someone informing me. There is no residual Bourbon aroma or taste in this liquid at all. I don’t miss it though. I do not think it would meld well with the coffee profile.
I like this. I would drink it again. But as for now, let me get back to the series finale of Battlestar Galactica.
