Pint can pours with a crystal clear near glowing deep ruby red to mahogany colored body that supported a short lived white head of foam. The aroma offers up brown sugar stewed plums and plums and then lesser amounts of molasses covered ripe cherries, a touch of boozy kettle caramelization. The taste delivers a wonderful blend of malt sweetened and slicked back sweet dark fruity esters, reduced sugars and smooth barrel notes. Like the nose I get left on the stove from last night brown sugar stewed plums and dates and dark red near over ripe cherries. To midway a pleasing modest caramel candy note bubble to the surface wrapped up with blunted whiskey boozy twang and molasses drizzled oak. Yeah. This works on many levels achieving great balance and depth. Solid sipping experience.