Bottle from the lazy dog. Solid black color with a tight bubbled tan head that persists. Huge sweet chocolate on the nose with bits of roast, vanilla, light pitted fruit, and earth. Rich sweet sugary chocolate maltiness with bits of fruit, earthy, and a touch of ethanol. Thick body with a moderate level of carbonation and a silky creamy mouthfeel. I can’t really say I found much of the fluff or amaretto in this, but this is quite a tasty, sweet, diabetes inducing stout.

Taster pour at the brewery. Appearance is opaque black, no sparkle, with finger-width light brown head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malt--almost burnt--with chocolate, vanilla, and maybe a hint of coffee. Taste is strong, almost burnt roasted flavor and chocolate sweetness with some coffee bitterness (like a chocolate-covered espresso bean) vanilla, and slight marshmallow, toffee and oak. Palate is medium-to-full bodied with slightly above average carbonation, with balanced roasted chocolate and bitter finish. Overall, this is very nice. Strong roasted character and chocolate are the standouts here not the marshmallow and oak chips, but mild contributions from the latter. Good nonetheless.