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.

Somehow this tastes exactly like a sweet, summery root beer, despite also being a 10.7% alcohol drink. I'm not sure I can wrap my head around this? And what in the world does the 19.5% version taste like??

On draft for the first time. It was still quite nice but not nearly as special as when I first encountered it, and it definitely (unfortunately) sat forgotten after trying the Plead the 5th.

Tastes like a faintly spicy Belgian pale. The ginger shows up at the end as a kind of rooty bitterness, but I can't say it was as gingery as I wanted. Perfectly drinkable, though.

This was kind of awesome, and also weird. Medium gold in color, this tastes like a much darker beer. I think flavor-wise, it resembles most closely a creamy Irish red with a lot of excellent, smooth coffee flavor on top. Really, really good.

An interestingly different wheat beer. Opens yeasty but the flavor kind of just stops developing abruptly, never getting past a mere hint of fruity or tart. It dissipates into a non-sweet funky wheat before ending on strong, sustained bitterness. Shows its booze, slightly, in the middle. Somehow, with all that said, it did go down easily.