500mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out deep dark fruits, followed by cocoa and toffee. Flavour is along the same lines, with dark dried fruits, light-medium smoke, toffee, toasted malt and a little cocoa. Dry, astringent finish, with a nice balanced of the aforementioned flavours. Alcohol is apparent but not too harsh. Nicely constructed, though hot and imperfect.

Dark brown color. Light brown head. Dark fruit, plums, big roasted malt, chocolate cake in the nose. Big roasted malt backbone with tons of dark fruit , chocolate cake and dates. Pretty big bitterness at the end. Fairly sticky and full body. Warming finish. Very rich and intense. The is an alcohol numbing which lingers in the mouth. I personally liked that as it wasn’t over the top, but agree with others this will be fantastic with more time. I would love to revisit in a couple years.

Bottle from Uptown Market. Pours a dark cola color with a small white head. A big fruity nose, leather, light smoke and roasted malts. The flavor is very interesting: rich sweet malts,cascading sweet base, cocoa, caramel, rich dark fruit. I really get some smoke from the figs. Really sweet sharp fruit. This is one unique beer and it is awesome. A bit thin perhaps. Awesome.