Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at the brewery.pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, vanilla, roasted, taste is similar, rich, chewy, vanilla icing, warming chilli.

Keg at drygate... Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet chocolate Roast malts.. Dark sweet chocolate roast malts.. Big sweet rich chocolate roast malts.. Big juicy fruit big roast malts

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

Bottle at Drygate. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of spice, vanilla, coffee and chocolate. Taste is more of the same. Fruity finish.

330ml bottle from Drygate Brewery Tap - Dark black body with a short lived tan head. Nose is dusty chocolate and chilli powder with a liquorice and blackcurrant sweetness. Taste is thick and oily with the lactose softening the blow. Dangerous as fuck.

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

Keg at Drygate. It pours opaque, jet black with a dark tan head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, spicy, intoxicating, dark chocolate, warming chilli spice, vanilla, toasted marshmallow, neopolitan ice cream, churros dipped in chocolate, nutty, pecan pie and booze soaked oak. The taste is slick and thick, chewy, toothy, bitter - sweet, cakey, chocolate gateaux, cacao nibs, warming chilli spice creeps in, vanilla sugar, boozey slap, oaky tannin, nutty, pecan pie, leather, burnt wood and a touch of espresso. Fulsome body, moderate carbonation and slick mouth feel. Lots to like about it. Chilli stops it from being too sweet. Well concocted.