I'm not going to make fun of the stupid name on this beer. You folks just go ahead and make up your own joke, and I think the brewer believes that they are in on it, and it's not a particularly good one. Let's hope the beer is better than the name.
The deep caramel color is almost mahogany, it's so dark. There isn't much head on it, but these hard liquor-style beers don't often sport very much, so I'm glad I get any at all. Once it's gone, it leaves very little on top of the beer and not a speck of lacing. The aroma is sweet booze, grains, and I think cherries.First sip is smooth as heck. It has sweetness and a fire from the alcohol (that is much greater than the actual 8.0% should be) that is very well balanced and quite enjoyable from the get-go (which is not always a feature of these mostly discordant booze-beer mixtures). I like it right away, and that should translate well to the gulp.
Tip-in is wood, biscuit malt, and sweet Scotch grains. The middle flows into something much heavier than the sip with the malt turning caramel and a thick, heavy board soaked in hard liquor lumbers through the center of the mouth while carbonation stings at the back of the throat. Then the finish turns the sweetness dry before sweet peeks back in for the trail-off.
Bottom Line: It has surprises, and they are good ones.
3.75/5