6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark brown / near-black with a small tan head -- very thin body. Aroma screams out intense coffee, with nary a trace of much else, least of all any brandy. Flavour is more well-rounded, with butterscotch, some brandy barrels, and heaps of coffee. Fairly thin-bodied despite the relatively intense flavours. For 1.5 years of oak aging, the barrel is very subtle. It's a coffee and sweet caramel bomb. Not particularly refined and the flavours aren't particularly well-integrated. OK.