7

Poured I didn't see from bottle. Sweet malted milk, chocolate and some spice. Pretty useful brew.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle from Total Wine and More, St Petersburg, FL. Dark brown, only a little bit translucent, a very small beige head. Getting light notes of cocoa beans, caramel, bourbon biscuit. Sweet taste, more chocolate notes and maybe a hint of mint. Little bit of bitterness rounds off the finish. Perhaps a little cookie-cutter, but it’s still very drinkable.

4.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Pour is big and black, nice head, almost chocolate moose. Smell is roasted imperial stout. Taste is very heavy chocolate, dark chocolate. Not too bad but a little bit cloying. Has a pretty good volatile kick to it. Finish with a somewhat bitter medium mouth coating ending.

5.8

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

On tap at Abita, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out sweet lactose and a touch of cocoa. Flavour is sweet, with plenty of lactose and light cocoa. Simple and clean, definitely on the sweet (but not cloying) side. Lacks a pronounced malt bill but is otherwise drinkable. Meh.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Roast and a little ginger. Black pour with good head and lacing. Some light spice. Light bitter finish. Doesn't really balance well. Bottle.

8.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine. Pours a pitch black color with a large tan head with mahogany highlights and great retention. Good lacing. Sweet milk chocolate aroma. Likewise, the flavor is creamy milk chocolate, roasted malt, and light cinnamon and spices in the finish. Medium body and a creamy mouthfeel. A nice sweet stout with just enough spices to make it more interesting. Both the 6.8% ABV and the 35 IBUs are well hidden. Really good and very repeatable.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Black with a medium sized fluffy beige head that left decent lacing. Roasty with vague holiday spices. Long clove finish. Medium body.

7.2

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

12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Appleton, 2/14/21. Dark brown, thin frothy tan head, good retention. Aroma of roast, nutmeg, cinnamon, chocolate. Taste is chocolate, roast, cinnamon. Thin, well balanced. Pretty nice.

7.1

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

12oz bottle. Deep brown-black body, steady beige head. Pretty good Christmas Stout type creature. The spices are restrained and well incorporated. Sure, I'd believe it was a dark pumpkin beer if I tasted it blind. Pleasant cocoa nib tone and vanilla smooth it out in a pastry way, but a little more restrained than an Imperial adjunct bomb. Good enough as it is, would have loved it without the cinnamon and nutmeg even more.

7

Dark brown bod med foam tan head. Choc roast vanil arma. Roast vanil mint choc flav. Med full bod mod carb. 7/4/7/4/15 3.7