Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a slight burnt dark amber to almost brown color with a half finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated fairly quick. Light lace.
The aroma centered itself around some nuts, cocoa powder and some coffee beans. Slight earthiness came out which developed into more of a blend of earthy to grassy hops. Some cereal grain sweetness at the end.
The flavor blended fairly nice between the sweet and the earthiness. Light butterscotch came out on my tastebuds. Slight smoke and a little bit of woodiness. Aftertaste was all about the malts and some of that woodiness. Finish was fairly quick, somewhat malty.
The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Mild harshness of some carbonation seemed to prickle my tongue. Smoke seemed to try and fine tune some of this out. ABV felt as projected by the brewer.
Overall, everything seemed good until some of the carbonation seemed to spike a bit more than expected other than that, it’s mostly a good brown ale from the folks who usually know how to do this style well.