375mL bottle pours with a mahogany colored body, that doesn't look all that dark for a stout, that supports a thin tan head. The modest aroma offers up reduced sugars, a dash of sherry and then a sense of roast and faint chocolate. The taste delivers, whoa . . . the integrated and moderately complex flavor hits right away, err, it delivers fun dark roasted malts and chocolate and then getting into the boozy barrel character. Beneath those notes are slicker sweeter sort of toffee molasses goodness. Wow. This is a well executed sipper as it's integrated, runs deep and rich but not too much, carries great balance between beer notes and barrel treatment and it also maintains a pleasing slick mouth feel that's just right. Yeah, keep this up team The Shop Beer Co.. This is one of the better beers I've had in a while.