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

Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a two and a half fingers of off-white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some mild lace.
Aroma: the tangerines & orange peels are in front with a nice roasty and toasty impy stout-like qualities in the background then the vanilla is a bit fainter.
Flavor: balances the prior noted aromas fairly nice and sweet with some roasty to citrusy sweet undertones; finishes with the citrusy notes and roasty stout-like qualities and an ever so slight touch of maple
Texture: medium to full bodied, good sipper; fairly smooth along the tongue
Overall: though the maple seems barely there, to be honest, if it was anything more, I would have thought this beer would have been too much altogether; but I'd say for the most part this works.