Bottle [from trade with RW80] @ home. Very dark brown to black color, nearly opaque, medium sized quickly diminishing brown head. Aroma is malts, soft roast, a slight whim of sweetish maltiness. Taste malts, slightly dry and earthy, but on the other hand sort 'warm and gentle', malt bitterness and perhaps a distant hint of lightly salted liquorice. Nice malt bitter and indeed rather dry finish. Not sure whether this is a true dry stout, but it's definitely quite tasty.