7.4

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

Can. Clear deep brown with a pale beige head that settles to a good cm. Aroma of bitter chocolate, some roast, bread, spices. Just medium bodied. The chocolate registers as a taste that fills out the bottom end but even more as a presence on the palate - sneakily rich. But it's not all that sweet and light roast and bready flavours still speak and the end is bitter enough to tie things up. Slips down. Not a novelty beer.