7.8

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

10 oz draft at Firetrucker. The usual dark stout with a thin ring of foam around the edge. The nose has some sweet chocolate fudge to it, pretty mild otherwise. But maybe draining the glass a bit might reveal more (yes, when it's half empty, it is more of a fudge note). Taste does have some of the velvet smoothness of an oatmeal stout. There is a slightly tart edge, and I think that comes more from the chocolate infusion than the stout malt. But in sum, the chocolate is not overwhelming, just a welcome presence. Kind of sweet, but again there's a little bitterness from chocolate and maybe some hops to keep a balance. I can easily see this being amped up in abv and going into a bourbon barrel. Maybe some day that will happen.