7.2

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

500mL bottle at Stout Week line share, 2/18/24. Deep, dark, viscous, no head. Rich bourbon in the nose giving off an almost buttery tannin, alongside big vanilla notes and thick, dark chocolate-forward malts. Touch of alcohol on the finish. Soft, rich, sticky, lightly syrupy, sweet, not horrendously so. Almost a bland or buttery character again, alongside cacao and prune with bourbon spice but mostly rich malt. Fairly mellow. Interesting but not as successful as the potential of Mash Ray led me to expect. But lots of potential with this newer brewer!