7

Deep brown pour from can. Roasted coffee beans. Similar taste. Slightly burnt. Chocolate malt

6

Tastes mediocre. I'm loving the tasting here at wine world.

8.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can (1/10/20) pour from Fort Point Market, Boston. Appearance is cloudy dark brown-mahogany with tons of sparkle, 2-finger width khaki foam head with excellent retention and light soapy lacing. Aroma is strong bittersweet coffee, chocolate, caramel, earthy roasted malt and mild cinnamon. Taste is strong bitter coffee--bordering on char--but balanced with enough sweet chocolate to make it delicious (like a chocolate-covered espresso bean); lesser caramel and cinnamon. Mouthfeel is medium-to-full bodied with smooth, creamy, frothy texture, average carbonation and moderately strong mostly roasted/burnt lingering bitter finish. Overall, strong flavors and gets strong bitter to coexist with strong sweet. A little over carbonated but that's nitpicking. Thoroughly enjoyable.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Deep dark brown coloured body with a very thick and realtively fast-dying tan and off-white head that starts off close to seven centimetres tall and fades to a single centimetre after several minutes. Aroma of super deep brewed coffee, earthy malts, nuts, grain, peated malt, some smoked grain and a bit of milk chocolates with some outstanding bitterness, mainly from malts. Medium-bodied; Super dry flavour of brewed coffee, some deeper floral notes, a lot of peanuts and pecans with some lighter milk chocolate flavours and a heavy hit of both lactose and pure peated malts. Aftertaste is dry, relatively strong and showing a good dose of chocolate to couple with the distinct maltiness and earthy, nutty flavours that really dominate here and dry things out entirely. Overall, a fairly strong beer that easily seems more of a porter than anything else and while it's too strong for a mild (just barely), it hits on the earthy, grainy and especially dry side of things that you'd expect from a mild, but with extra coffee, malts and of course sugar (hence the 5 per cent abv). I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 17-May-2020 for US$3,59 sampled at my house here in Washington on 28-August-2020.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a very dark brown color with red highlights and a huge fluffy tan head that lingered and left minimal lacing. The aroma was roasty, woody and a bit smoky with a note of coffee. The flavor was semi sweet, malty, roasty and woody with faint dark fruits and caramel. Long finish. Medium bodied and smooth. Solid.

7

Dark brown bod sml tan head. Roast, nutty bready arma. Nutty, roast, earthy flav. Med bod mod carb. 7/4/7/4/14 3.6

7

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

Very easy drinking and good balance. Pours dark brown with ok head. Light bitter finish. Some roast. Tap at Boundary Stone.
Earlier Rating: 1/12/2016 Total Score: 3.5
Very easy drinking and good balance. Pours dark brown with ok head. Light bitter finish. Some roast. Tap at Boundary Stone.

7

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

On tap at Pearl’s Oyster Dive, pours a murky, deep brown with some lacing, white head. Nose has chewy malts and grains, brown sugar, a little yeast, a little cookie. Flavor has mostly the same, chewy malts, toasted grains, brown sugar, toffee, light esters, just a little soapiness to round it out. Finishes dry. Brown ales can often be messy, but this one was well thought out.

7

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

4 ounce pour on draft at Realerevival. Dark brownish black with tan head. Aromas of light roast, caramel, light cocoa. Tastes of caramel, roast, toffee, chocolate. Medium body with a dry finish.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at the source. Clear maroon brown color, big fluffy tan head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of chicolate chip brownies. Taste is rich cocoa, dusty coffee. Nice.