“Take Ramjet, our infamous STARWARD whisky barrel aged stout, add vanilla beans and a shedload of 100% organic Peruvian cacao nibs, and you have the ultimate Easter treat… Fat Bunny! This is one beer that is worth hunting for!  Delicious whisky flavours working alongside chocolate and vanilla… just make sure you drink it before the Fat Bunny does!”

Glassware: Snifter.

Appearance: Pitch black with a billowing three finger head that holds its shape. Very steady reduction, decorating the glass with a tonne of spotty lace as it subsides.

Aroma: Fat Bunny…we like it. It’s a clever spin-off of their legendary Fat Santa but separates itself with additions of cacao and vanilla. The Ramjet base shines through with its classic mix of rich, warm and roasty dark chocolate, coffee, molasses, Vegemite and ash while the Starward barrels provide that oak-driven fusion of red wine and apera. Not a great deal removed from past iterations but it’s still a damn fine aroma.

Flavour: The first thing we notice is the unreal smoothness. For a 10.6% ABV stout that is ridiculous. The additions of cocoa and vanilla come to the forefront early on as the red wine tannins and oak barrels fuse through. The base stout qualities and musty oak carry across the mid and into the long and drawn out finish where notes of roasted malt and warming booze linger.

Mouthfeel: Dense but not so much thick and chewy…it’s more oily. Low Co2, medium-full body and a well behaved 10.6% ABV.

Overall: Not blown away by it but it’s another really good example of why Boatrocker are one of the best in the country when it comes to BA Imperial Stouts.