Taster pour at the source. Appearance is opaque black with no sparkle, thin ring of off white head with good retention. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla and dark fruits. Taste is roasted malts--bordering on ash--with chocolate and vanilla. Palate is light bodied with thin, slick, smooth texture, soft carbonation and roasted bitter finish. Overall, good but a bit bitter.

Dark brown. Thin head. Crackery, thin aroma of weaker dark malts...sugars are what I want. Yet on the palate it's actually complex with nuttiness, molasses, coffee roast. Bit light. But generally flavourful.