473mL can, pours a deep dark brown with a small tan head. Nose reveals toasted hazelnuts upfront, with some cocoa to complement. Flavour is creamy, with subtle hazelnut, cocoa and toasted malt. Earthy and muffled. The nitro isn't helping this. Muted, simple, and lacking depth. It's alright.

Very dark brown. Thick head. Nitro, so flat as hell. Low bitterness. That combination of low bitterness and nitrogen is absolutely not what this beer needs - just makes it flat, bland and sticky. This needs bitterness to bring out the hazelnut and chocolate, and ideally proper carbonation, for beer drinkers, not nitrogen for people who hate beer. So this comes up way short of what it could be. Aside from the lack of bitterness and serving it wrong, a pastry stout needs to be big to be effective. If you're going to remind me of Gold Foil, don't give me this neutered stuff.

Jet brown with a rich light brown head. Hazelnut and chocolate with vanilla. Chocolate, hazelnut and vanilla. A bit over the top flavors and a slick body.