Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Big & black. Nce lacing. Difficult at first taste with that barrel effect in there. A little bit of medicine. Yes, stout it is and it would be much better without the barrel. The difficulty continues. Whisky nose. Yes, not sure why many like whisly added totheir beer. If you want whisky, have a boilermaker. JMHO, the barrel does not do this fine beer justice.