Liquid Assets
Prairie Artisan Ales

12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in 12/2018. Pours dense pitch black color with a small fairly dense and flufy tan head with poor retention, that reduces to a a minimal ring of lace pretty quickly. Minimal spotty lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, hazelnuts, caramel, brown sugar, fudge, marshmallow, brownie batter, vanilla, toffee, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark bread; with light notes of licorice, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Slight booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, hazelnut coffee, marshmallow, vanilla, and bourbon barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, hazelnuts, caramel, brown sugar, fudge, marshmallow, brownie batter, vanilla, toffee, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark bread; with light notes of licorice, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Very minimal herbal, roasted, coffee bitterness; and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, hazelnuts, caramel, brown sugar, fudge, marshmallow, brownie batter, vanilla, toffee, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, dark bread, light licorice/dark fruit/smoke, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, hazelnut coffee, marshmallow, vanilla, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a solid roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering roasted bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and slightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is insane. Minimal warming for 14%, with zero lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged imperial dessert stout! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, hazelnut coffee, marshmallow, vanilla, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the minimally bitter/tannic/drying finish. Perfectly soft/silky finish for the ABV. Perfectly balanced rich malts, flavorings, and bourbon barrel presence/integration. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. Like drinking hazelnut brownies in a glass. A highly amazing offering, and top tier dessert style example as expected.