6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A good idea in need of fine-tuning, a few tweaks to beef up the body while backing off the raisin-cherry acidity that clashes somewhat with the S'mores goodness. Definitely lives up to its chocolate-graham-marshmallow intentions, with a dark chocolate sweetness offset by a formidable vanilla undercurrent and distinct graham notes around the edges. The java bitterness prevents the pint from growing cloy, but the acidic fruit tones become distracting, growing too pronounced on the back end for pure imperial stout joy. Texture's a tad thin as well, and the pour comes out black but watery and lacking much head or lace. Close, but a miss.