Draught pint at Redbones on 1/8/2006. Deep, dark chocolate colored body with a moderately dense, old chalk colored head. Head was poured small (more beer, less head!) but is well retained for a draught offering. Very thick lacing comes as no surprise as these fine folks at Berkshire neither filter nor pasteurize their beers. Aroma of old raisins, gently giving way to a perfectly balanced mix of lightly roasted barley (in a very light sense) and dark chocolate. Aroma strength is moderate and light cream notes on end give a touch of sweetness. No real notes of lactose. Flavor, to my surprise is only gentle in the lactose department. The beer is careful to bring forth notes of dark chocolate and luscious dark barley, simultaneously adding pillowy-soft texture, and gently coasts in to a light vanilla cream milk sweetness that is well-balanced by a light roasted bitterness, that adds more drying aspect than it does actual bitterness. Lack of acidity and fatiguing lactic notes are certainly appreciated on the palate, as the beer glides down effortlessly carried on by a chocolate silk stream with moderate carbonation, sparking enough interest to keep the flavors from becoming sluggish. No alcohol apparency, and only a very light yeast dryness. Please keep bringing these single batch draught only beers to Boston!