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

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingman, 18/03/2026.
Black topped with a tan head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is dark chocolate, molasses, nutty tones, earthy roast, dried fruit esters.
Taste comprises mellow roast, charr, raisins, cocoa powder, tangy fruit rinds, lactic tang.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a click of alcohol.
Okay sipper but lacking some depth of flavour and a little overly tangy.

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

LCI. Chocolate cherry caramel

Deep mouth coating chocolate, caramel. Balance is amazing, this drinks very well, this is very dangerous. A real treat. This was the last can from the small Tree House batch I got from Brew Cavern. Will def keep an eye out for some new ones!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Canned 1/19/22, drunk 2/19/22. Seemingly opaque, dark mahogany-to-black. Milk chocolate colored head rapidly fizzles out as fast as it forms. Dark coffee notes mix with light-to-moderate dark fruit (plum, raisin, dark berries) to give a moderately complex nose that slowly yields both roasted malt, dark chocolate and light alcohol. Sweet base malts underneath combine with the chocolate and specialty malts to keep it quite chocolatey-sweet through and through. Sweeter in flavor than the nose suggests, though not too surprising given the lactose. It's very sweet to start and though the palate accustoms somewhat over time, it never comes off as well-attenuated. The malt side of things is fine, but the lactose pushes it over the edge. Coffee and chocolate both help to dry and balance and, actually, after about 20 minutes and near room temp, I think the beer tastes the best, with graham cracker, raisin, prune and coffee better balancing all the sugar. Well-made, for what it is, but I'll never be a fan of these stouts that have way too much lactose. This would be so much better without it, which is how I feel about most of Tree House's milk stouts.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to JMFP. Pours black with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, licorice, booze. Thick body, chewy roast, dark chocolate, licorice, boozy, dry finish, very nice.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Pours opaque black with a small creamy brown head Ann's good lacing. Aroma is mocha, chocolate, roast, espresso. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, hints of vanilla. Full body.

That darkness though...

Zdominowane kawowo, slodkawo, czekolada ale mleczna, srednio ciala. Nie no, dobre toto mocno

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

Pours black, médium sized, creamy off white head, médium stability. Smell is coffee, roasted malts, rather sharp, mild lactose back. Taste is full, creamy, very silky. Coffee is rather intense, dark chocolate. Lactose is mild, and the beer on its own isn't super sweet. Medium Carbo, médium thick to thick body ( but of course, anno 2019, what we used to call thick is now more like medium.