Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with medium retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Vanilla and licorice aromas. Thin with sweet oak and vanilla front to back. Lasting hot soy finish.

Bottled 5/2012 Pours a solid black with a smallish tan head that slowly dissipates to a cap on top. Smells of chocolate, caramel. molasses, roasted grain, brown sugar, light bourbon and vanilla, with a hint of vanilla and licorice. The flavor is fairly sweet with lost of sugary caramel, brown, and candy sugar. Roast, lots of vanilla, dark fruit and chocolate provide some depth then there’s a hint of warming alcohol and a bit of earth. Medium to thick body with a sweet almost syrupy mouthfeel and a moderate level of carbonation. This is a blend of beers I think, it’s got a lot going on and I really enjoyed it. Somehow I wish I had picked up more than one bottle of this.