Friends & Allies Batkeeper Imperial Stout

I'm at the beach, and the Batkeeper, a barrel-aged imperial stout from Austin's Friends & Allies Brewing, is most certainly not a beach beer.  Maybe a beach by night beer.  But not a beach beer.  That being said, it's a wonderful and strong concoction to wind a day down to.  The 9.5% ABV brew pours brownish black with an off white head and smells of caramel, chocolate, molasses, oak, and booze.  The flavor is a roasty mix of molasses, malt, dark fruits, and hints of chocolate with lingering notes of whiskey and oak.  Real nerve soothing stuff and definitely for the end of the day.

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