8.1

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

22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in 2016. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, peanuts, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, molasses, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, peanuts, caramel, cocoa nibs, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, peanuts, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, molasses, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, roast, char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, peanuts, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust; light molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, peanuts, caramel, cocoa nibs, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a solid roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 10.3%. Overall this is an awesome flavored imperial milk stout. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, peanuts, caramel, cocoa nibs, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; great soft feel. Awesome balance of rich malts, lactose, cocoa, peanuts, and caramel flavors; with restrained fruity yeast, and mild earthy hops. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Aged really well.

8

Basically chocolate milk with hints of peanuts and caramel, absolutely deliciously sweet and dangerous

5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Pours a nice near black from a bottle, very little head, dissipates quickly. Lots of floaties from the bottom, not quite sure they're hop pellet residue, some yellow, some green. Stopped drinking. Nose is peanutty, similar flavor. Was hoping for more chocolate. Okay beer.

7.5

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

Bottle shared at Lucky Bamboo. Pours a thick, deep brown to black with a finger of foam that dissipates. Caramel and milk chocolate aromas dominate the nose with some faint peanut as it warms. More caramel and chocolate on the palate. Sweet with a slight grainy texture and a tad thin. Definitley a baby ruth-like beer.