This was about as good as you could expect of a non-barrel aged stout; creamy, sweet, slightly boozy and roasty. I still don't know what I had back in Chicago, but it could have been this. Who knows?

Watery caramel scotch ale. Bit of wet hay.

Bubblegum and alpha. Yuck!

Tasty, complex stout with coffee and fruit notes.

Look, I'm not absolutely sure this was the bourbon version, but the ABV in the menu matched this one (12%) and it used the word barrel. So, honestly: I couldn't explicitly taste bourbon or wood in this. However, it was still pretty amazing. It's about as roasty and dry a stout as I've ever had without it going bad - thick, and with a strength you can feel without a boozy flavor. A workout, but remarkable.