On tap at Bottles. It pours black with a thick brown head. The aroma has lots of roasted malt and smoke. Background hints of dark bread and dates/fig. The flavor has raisin bread and a velvety texture. Lots of roast with a little smoke. Bready and dark fruity raisin, fruitcake and smoke. Very little roast and or bitterness. Thick. Good.

Tap at Cap Tap. Pours very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma seems rather chocolate. Earthy. Med + body. Flavor is something I can’t pin down (but further in this rating), plus mocha and some very smooth dark malt. Further: I by gosh think there’s peat. Or at least something smoky. Peat and heat - cute rhyme - both are subtle here. I had parsing trouble with this ale, but it’s really good stuff.