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Dark black body small foamy tan head. Vanilla roasty chocolate aroma. Roast chocolate vanilla flavor. Med bod mod carb. 7/5/7/4/15 3.8

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Tap. Pours clear reddish mahogany, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma is overt vanilla and cocoa. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, heavy fakish vanilla, lots of cocoa, not much else. Medium body. Oof.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12 ounce bottle from Woodman’s Appleton. Dark brown, large frothy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of strong vanilla, roast. The taste is vanilla and roasted malt. Thin, high carbonation, overly dry.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Stone Cellar. Opaque black, thin patchy head. Interesting overwhelming artificial vanilla flavor, I suppose as advertised. Medium bodied, rather brutal in it’s sweetness. Some chalky chocolate tones but overall pretty one-dimensional. Not sure how this became a staple beer, I’m way more than done after one. Chocolate cola tastes. Not so impressive, it is what it is.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear dark brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of vanilla that is backed by roasted malts and coffee. Flavor is full of a real nice vanilla note that dominates but is matched by a bit of dark chocolate and roasted malts.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Thanks to Skyview for sharing. A black beer and on the thin side for palate. The aroma is nice, unmistakable vanilla, very pleasant and it is not like syrup or sugar. Flavor is mild, dominated by vanilla that is probably more from the aroma than the flavor. Lightly smoked grains as well. Not as sweet as Breckenridge, but quite nice.