Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to nonic glass.
Appearance: black in color with a two finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet milk chocolate, dark chocolate, sweet grains, subtle roasty character
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas together in a sweet to semi-roasty sort of way; finishes chocolatey sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to medium, somewhat sessionable, very smooth along the tongue to the point of being somewhere close to being between watery and mobile
Overall: not a bad beer but maybe needs a bit "beefed" up in the feel.

12 oz. bottle. Pours black, with a fair, foamy, beige head. The aroma is pecan, milk chocolate, cinnamon, caramel taffy, and some dust. Sweet and malty, with a mellow, sticky bitterness. Medium body, syrupy, and chalky. Nice, sugary, and clean.

Pours black with a reddish hue and a frothy tan head. Aroma of chocolate and nuts. Taste has burnt cocoa, some toasted grain. Palate has much of the same, some mild hops, lingering cocoa on the nose. Good.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a pretty nice two to three centimetre tall off-white head that fades pretty quickly, but does leave a very thin lace on the top and sides of the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, oatmeal, big caramelised sugars, toffee, earth and a strong hit of lactose and cream with some vanilla and more pungent candy sugar towards the end - very strong in terms of sweetness here with some alcohol and bittering malts noticeable as well, of course. Medium to Full-bodied; Relatively rich earthy and pretty grainy malt notes dominate with a big kick of oatmeal and some cream, milk and pure vanilla here that are coupled withe light spicey flavours of anise, cardamom and canella here, but the pungency of the malts and yeast notes does hit hard towards the end, with a richness from sugars and malts. Aftertaste is complex with some good chocolate and sweet, dessert-like finish with a good kick of oatmeal and grain notes, but the vanilla, lactose, cream and pungency is strong at the end as well, but still somehow relatively easy to get down. Overall, a pretty pungent, but complex, oaty, grainy, earthy and especially chocolatey beer with a good balance throughout that shows some light spices, a ton of sugars and malt body with a good kick of bitterness, grain and earthiness here to make a bit more complex. Overall, a nice, relatively strong and pungent, earthy, nutty and especially malty beer with a good balance of sugars, bitterness, alcohol and umami-like notes, especially at the end. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Wegman's [grocery] in Lake Manassas (Gainesville), Virginia on 16-Mary-2021 for US$1,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 13-February-2023.

Bottle (freshest by 5/16/23) pour from Total Wine & More, Danvers. It's a clear, dark brown-garnet with nice sparkle, finger-width fizzy beige head head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is earthy roasted malt, toffee, vanilla and late cocoa. Taste is earthy roasted malt, caramel and lactose. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with frothy texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, there was a time when I would have really liked this and, while good relative to macro-level beer, this pales in comparison to heavyweights in the style.

12oz bottle. Poured a very dark brown color with a small, creamy ecru head. Aroma is very mild chocolate. More malts than anything else. Flavor was pleasant chocolate malts, caramel, some roast. Baker's chocolate.

12 oz. bottle from Wegmans, Niagara Falls. Pours a pitch black color with ruby highlights and a tan head with very good retention. Good lacing. Roasted malt aroma. Similar roasted malt and bitter dark chocolate flavors with a slightly harsh finish. Not as sweet as I hoped / expected with the added milk sugar. Semi creamy mouthfeel. A little TOO dark and bitter for my tastes. Needs more vanilla.