Buffalo Trace Bourbon BA Liquid Lullaby (Variant 3)
Town Square Brewing Co.

Sampling a 16 oz can at cellar temp poured into my snifter. picked up at the Alberta Beer Exchange while visiting Calgary. No date stamp on the can or label.
The beer pours a dark cola color with only faintest light shining through the edges of my glass. A creamy beige head of about 2.5 cm foams up on the pour. A sturdy edge layer and one large surface island rests on the top of the beer.
There is some dense lattice when I swirl or take a sip.
Aroma is dark chocolate, like bakers cocoa, some charred wood, hints of vanilla and bourbon. No hop notes and not fusol or spicy on the nose either.
First sip reveals a medium body with smooth creamy texture and very fine gentle carbonation. There is a bit of a coating on my palate after each sip.
Flavor is what the nose predicts with some dark cocoa, charred wood and a bit of bourbon note too. Again no hop notes anywhere. The dark cocoa is fairly bitter actually and I think that may cover some of the sweeter bourbon hints. Not boozy though and Im drinking this beer fairly quickly. Glad I picked this one up while in Alberta, Id buy this one again if I was travelling north.

Pours a rich black with half a finger of creamy dark tan head fading to a fine bubbly rim.
Aroma initially of dark fruit, almost vinous, plummy with some softer coffee notes. As warmed increasing notes of chocolate, brown sugar, and oaky aroma - some bourbon.
Tastes of dark chocolate, toffee, the oak barrel and some bourbon - brown sugar sweetness with the dark fruit admixes nicely, and avoids the vinous note of the nose (a positive for me) - soft finishing bittersweetness.
Full, though not viscous or oily, mouthfeel - a bit of the booze that 10+% brings but not at all hot. This is a very fine barrel aged imperial stout.