Can from Beer Baron. Pours a pitch black with a full finger of beige head that dissipates. Deep, rich cacao nib, espresso and treacle aromas on the nose. As it warms some vanilla and toasted sorghum comes out. Espresso on the palate with cacao nib and deep prune alongside more treacle notes. Booze hidden well, medium carbonation with a full bodied mouthfeel. Lingering coffee and cacao but not overly roasty.

12 ounce can into signature tulip glass, canned on 2/20/2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky tan head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of vanilla, licorice, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of vanilla, licorice, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, grassy, peppery hops; and roast, charred, coffee bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread/crust, vanilla, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great hop/char bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Light lingering resins through the glass. Mildly increasing warmth of 10.6% after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Russian imperial stout. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the modestly bitter/charred/drying finish. Nicely soft, and not overly bitter/charred. Fantastic balance of rich malts, fruity/nutty coffee complexity, earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.