7.5

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

Can. A tan head fails to form atop black. Big roasty and whisky aroma with mocha, vanilla. Bittersweet with sweetmeats, doughy bread, mocha, almost brash whisky. Would guess actual coffee, wouldn't guess chocolate; barrel is presumably whisky and mostly high caramel, vanilla and light oak notes that don't get in the way of firm finishing bitterness. Assertive where the name suggests something moodier - if I see another I'd give it 'til next winter, but it's pretty good now.