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

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big peanut butter, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread; with light notes of coffee, vanilla, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of PB, dark/roast/bready malt, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big peanut butter, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread; with light notes of coffee, vanilla, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of peanut butter, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toasted brown bread, light coffee/vanilla, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of PB, dark/roast/bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and slightly sticky/chalky PB mouthfeel that is nice. A tad thin, but not watery. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.4% Overall this is an excellent flavored American porter. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of PB, dark/roast/bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and nicely rich for the modest ABV. Perfectly balanced PB and well rounded porter malt complexity; with solid earthy hop balance. A very enjoyable offering, and great style example.