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

Poured a black color with a small tan head. Aroma was big cherry cordial, bakers chocolate. Pastry stout. Flavor was chocolate covered cherries. Pretty smooth. Alcohol is a bit noticeable, but not overwhelming!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Surprisingly from total wine in NC triangle. Nose is of a pastry stout. Taste is somewhat cloying, very similar to pastry stout as well. Yes, this is not an impy stout per se, its a pastry stout. A little difficult up front and the middle is unrelenting. The look on the eye is big black and large and in charge. Just a little bit of co2 in this, just enough to let you know it is carbonated. Gets a little easier in the end, starting to feel some off the chocolate in there, but still, the cherry is difficult to find in there. Finish offers a slight euphoric effect, not bad overall.

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

Bottle from my brother. INky black pour small cap of beige head. Aroma is mildly sweet, lacto, cherries. Taste brings some sweetened chocolate, light cherry notes, a little bit of roasty bitterness at the back. Cherry flavors seem more candy than natural.

Pthick and not a shitty cherry flavor, great stout, low-key cherry + chocolate delish.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Tops. Very dark brown. Coffee, chocolate, chocolate powder, nose cherry. Cherry liquor bonbons. Ok, but artificial chocolate smell & taste aren't very nice.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured thick and black with a small creamy brown head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was sweet, malty and toasty with notes of cocoa and cherry. The flavor was chocolate, malty and toasty with faint cherry and malted milk. Long cocoa finish. Moderately full bodied and creamy. Alcohol well contained. Well done.

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

This was poured into a mini snifter.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a thin off white film of sporadic tan head. Lacing is mainly non-existent.
The smell starts off with a dark chocolate and light cherry, semi-sweet. As it warms, a light milk chocolate enters. Light roasted coffee beans and vanilla notes blend together. All throughout, the cherry is super subtle.
The taste is sweet and bitter at different times adding a subtle roasty coffee smoothness. A sticky sweet chocolate aftertaste leads into a sticky sweet chocolate finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping quality about it. Carbonated nicely as a D/I Stout, smooth roasty notes stroll over my tongue.
Overall, as a double/Imperial Stout it works however don’t expect a lot of cherry.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

A dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with vanilla, cherries, nice. In mouth, a sweet fruity malt with light cherry, malt balls, ok.