HAHA, somebody spelled the name of this incorrectly in the RB database; it's TRPL DOG on the bottle! Pours a big dark beer, like a stout & the nose is alarming sweet and somewhat metallic. First taste is totally cloying pastry stout, fer sher; it's big alky on top of vanilla, heavy up front. You like pastry brews? This mess is for you. Its starts to feel like a sweet bomb in the middle. Becomes somewhat mouth coating. To call this a brown ale may be misleading to the potential buyer. The only thing about this being a brown ale, is that its brown. But its a little too dark for a brown ale at that, yes, dark like a stout my RB peer. Yea, this is a big ass beer but can't be a brawny. Becomes unfriendly & mouth coating on the finish. In the end its nothing like the Petrucci Brothers (Bullseye) Date Nite (8.4%), or the Lost Coast Winterbraun nor the Atwater Mint Double Decadent. But I have to say, the Double Decadent is also most likely a pastry, too!