February 14, 2021

71/3421) Home:  Origin of Darkness, a collaboration between Collective Arts of Ontario and Mikerphone of Illinois, U.S.A.:  ****; 9% Imperial Stout with maple syrup and walnuts; aged in bourbon barrels; brewed with barley malt, wheat malt, flaked oats, maple syrup, "natural flavours"; first aged in bourbon barrels then maple syrup barrels; pours black with a scanty, thin head; nose is malty, roasty with sweet boozy bourbon; walnuts and alcohol play off each other nicely; sweet maple and oak, dark roasty malt and unsweetened chocolate; mouth feel is thick but smooth;