I’m surprised I’m giving this such a low rating but it just seems over the top after the Georgetown. Not integrated in its strength yet.

Smooth. Burnt bitterness. I think this one is now clearly on the side of over-aged - it's definitely missing a lot of the complexity and there's nothing to buffer the finish.

A little different than I expected; opening is smooth, sweet chocolate, a notable alcohol flavor (not whiskey; just... strong), and a more bitter than expected finish. It's as if the aging erased a lot of the middle complexity of this beer leaving a strong beginning and end but no progression between. I mean, it was still excellent.

I spy a glass of this left in the bottle for me. Woah. Boozy & Chocolate. I’m suddenly very sleepy...

Aged a bit but just short of perfection today...

Sploosh.

Anise and cinnamon

Thick, sweet and boozy. Not as purely enjoyable as I've remembered from the past, but the competition was decidedly strong.

The Sure Thing, starring John Cusack.

Strong molasses smell. Thick molasses, caramel and boozy flavors. The caramel flavor seems to be more dominant than the molasses. Also getting some nut aftertaste.

Basically, Parabola.

Time has been good to that beer. It mellowed but kept all its character.

Amazing! I think I prefer the Sticky Monkey though :/

Still needs some time to age, but especially in comparison it fares very well.

Incredible beer.

Desert island beer.

Tasted side by side with the 2013. The extra year of aging makes the 2013 much smoother, although both are excellent.

Tasted side by side with the 2014. The extra year of aging makes it much smoother, although both are excellent.

Suffers only because it was in a vertical tasting with the 2013. Amazing difference: much less aroma and sharper, rawer flavors - a little spikey sweet, a little fire. This would have been superb on its own but it gets knocked down because, like Matthew McConaughey, it's still chasing its future self.

So, wow. About a year of aging brings this beer to pretty much perfect. Great Bourbon toffee nose, and soooo smooth.

Buttery smooth with a fine roastiness. Pecan-like presence in middle and finish.

As always - omg.

After four months of aging, considerably mellowed out. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

Full and just sublime.

Complex, strong toffee-caramel notes, alcohol forward. My memory of the 2012 on draft is rosier, but this is still great.