Sometimes you deserve a treat so I splurged for an $18 four pack of 12oz bottles. I decided to track each one. 1st. Had a few different stouts/porters before hand this night. This came across as having just a bourbon taste with not much to it. Just boozy with no other characteristics to it. 2.3 rating. 2nd. This time going in clean w/o having a previous beer. Started with the bourbon hitting you up front. Got a little sweet after the initial hit. Had very light vanilla, oak and dark fruit taste. Still boozy tasting but was a 3.4. 3rd. Again went in clean. This time I was getting a lot of oak / wood taste. As it warmed the dark fruit with light vanilla started kicking in. The bourbon was strong the first couple sips but became subdued quite bit after that. Tasting damn good at that time. 3.7. 4th. This was tonight. Started with a DIPA while out at dinner but went to my previous dark beer when I got home tonight. This had more of a wood taste but not as oak-ish. The bourbon was medium and faded as I got further in but just a little. Has light vanilla taste that hit the + level as it warmed. Didn’t get any dark fruit this time. Oak made more of a presence just add I finished 3.5 this time. Averaged them out was 3.225. I went with a 3.2. I was not impressed given what I paid for it. I was expecting better.