Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Waxed 500 from Corti Bros. Pours very dark brown with a transient, slight beige head. Mixed aroma - mostly coffee - but some chocolate and maybe cherry. Full bodied. Lots of malt. Lots of coffee too. I can find maple and cherry - vanilla not for me. In a way it's like chewing on a wild herbal weed, xpt that this is coffee and cherry. It's a new and intriguing flavor combo. It does not immediately correspond to the brewery description. After the sugar passed by it gets kind of dryish. Earthy chocolate/coffee, yet not really mocha. Quite different. I'm enjoying it.