Black with an enormous foamy tan head that lingered. Roasty with coffee and maple. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.

(Draught at Man in the Moon, Stockholm, 6 Feb 2023) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, caramel, maple syrup and milky coffee. Malty, roasted taste with notes of chocolate, coffee, caramel, maple syrup and a mild coffee bitterness. Medium body, quite dry. Not at all as sweet as expected. Really harmonious and well balanced, Very nice.

On tap at Man in the Moon. Almost black with a small head. A lot of cold coffee in this one. Also some chocolate and maple syryp.

Can

Deep dark brown coloured body with a slightly clear glow towards the bottom that shows deep brown, all with a three centimetre tall, rich brown head that is quite soapy and fades rather quickly. Aroma of yeast, soap, light Aunt Jemima [read, not real] maple syrup and a dash of bread and some roasted malts with a hint of coffee, too. Medium-bodied; Strong rich yeast and roasted malt flavours dominate with some coffee and perhaps a touch of maple tastes that show a good deal of bitterness coupled with a large sweetness and a hint of umami and mushroomy like earthy qualities. Aftertaste shows the relatively strong yeast, bread and malt components with a little maple syrup flavours and some softer sweetness perhaps from pure caster sugar or caramel, but finishing bitter from the roasted malts and the earthy bitterness with a deep astringent quality that shows seemingly a lot of alcohol, even though there isn't much here. Overall, a relatively nice beer that shows some decent qualities, but definitely not enough of the [real] maple syrup or complex malt notes, especially as this has been aged a bit - this is poor in terms of the malt and body, but also with the maple flavours which taste fake and corn syrup-based. I sampled this sixteen ounce can, purchased from Winooski Beverage Warehouse in Winooski, Vermont on 19-September-2016 for US$3,54 sampled a bit more than three years later at home in Washington on 09-December-2019. If you have a can of this somewhere, it would be my recommendation to just drink it now and keep the aging space for something more worthwhile.

Can at work bbq 2019... Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet dry dusty chocolate roast malts nose... Dark dry dusty.. Light maple.. Soft chocolate roast malts... Dry dusty chocolate roast

Can at brewdog Lothian road. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted coffee, vanilla, light maple syrup, caramel, taste is sweet, creamy, roasted, bitter coffee, quite light on the maple syrup.

On nitro at Dive 106. Pours black with a tan nitro cap. Chocolate, biscuit, coffee, smoke, bit bacony, little red fruit. Good body. Nice.

Taster pour from can at Craft Brew Race, Worcester. Appearance is opaque dark brown with mild sparkle, thin ring of beige head. Aroma is nice roasted malts with hint of coffee. Earthy. Taste is roasted malt, mildly tart, earthy quality, hint of coffee--not getting honey or maple. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with fairly thick texture, average-to-lively carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, the coffee is muted and the earthy, tart quality is a bit offputting, especially for what should be a sweet stout with honey and maple in it. So, a bit of a flavor I didn't want and lack of those I did.

2019-05-05 .