Draft at Churchkey. Crystal clear bright golden color, white head. Aroma has toasted brown bread, cocoa powder (a pleasant surprise), caramel. Taste has malted milk balls, malt forward. One of the tastiest cream ales I’ve had.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 9/22/2015. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big dark roasted coffee, cocoa, vanilla, cream, honey, cracker, bread, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance of coffee/vanilla, bready malt, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big dark roasted coffee, cocoa, vanilla, cream, honey, cracker, bread, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of roasted coffee, cocoa, vanilla, cream, honey, cracker, bread, and hebral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic robustness and balance of coffee/vanilla, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is awesome. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding coffee cream ale. All around awesome robustness and balance of coffee/vanilla, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.