7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Nose is dominated by the horchata spice -- loads of cinnamon mostly, with some cocoa and a hint of pepper -- plus some port and oak barrels. Flavour is much the same, but has a dominant cola character, along with sweet chocolate, lots of cinnamon, and port barrels. Nice dark sugars combine with the cinnamon, cola and port notes on the finish. I'm not usually a fan of these spiced stouts, but this is pretty great.