can. hoptimaal deluxe calendar #24 as rock city red wine B.A. Baracus pitch dark, smooth brown head. looks mean. aroma of roasted malts, tons of barrelling and with a red wine'ish port wine like note. old port wine cellar aroma. dry. finer notes of cedar wood, cigar case. flavor is barrelled imp. stout, red wine, port wine, charred wood, the bitterness in the end is extremely charred barrelly port wineish, but the flavor itself is not that hard roasted or charred woody, all the charred wood stuff is in the end, and it is very brutal. the flavor up to that point is port wineish and roasted malty and with hints of licorice and coffee, the aftertaste is flamethrower meets 100 yr old portugese port wine cellar. A great very complex very balanced yet very extreme sipper. Only Rarely does a 17% taste this refined.