Modist Barrel Aged 32 Teeth with Cacao Nibs and Vanilla

Modist Barrel Aged 32 Teeth with Cacao Nibs and Vanilla.
Imperial Chocolate Stout aged in bourbon barrels with
Ghana cacao nibs and Madagascar vanilla beans.
11.5 % ABV. Modist Brewing, Minneapolis, MN.

Black as night, deeply opaque, rich brown head that leaves in a minute.

In the nose: Huge bourbon. Vast chocolate. Intense dark malt flavors. Smoke, char, whiskey a go go.

In the mouth: Big sweetness, massive sweet, gigantic chocolate, fudge, and a river of vanilla swims on in. Thick stuff, rich, viscous, mighty. Immense. Just about overbearing. Incredible, to a fault. Amazingly, bourbon is covered with chocolate, smothered, even, escaping through the edges. Very thick, very rich.

Yeah, pretty much too rich, too sweet...don't give me diabetes! (Thanks to Dave A. for the bottle.)

Barrel Aged 32 Teeth (an exploration of all things chocolate and beer), aged in Four Roses Bourbon Barrels w/ Ghana cacao nibs & Madagascar vanilla beans.