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

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into pint glass, best before 4/30/2018. Pours slightly hazy very dark brown color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big cooling peppermint, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, peppermint, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big cooling peppermint, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal hop/mint and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of peppermint, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, peppermint, and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/mint/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is good. A bit thin, but not watery. Zero warming alcohol for 5.6%. Overall this is a very nice flavored American stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, peppermint, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Well rounded stout malt complexity and balanced cooling peppermint flavors on the finish. A very enjoyable offering.