Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Small batch series. Dark brown. Assertive chocolate aroma has a lot of fresh maltiness and a hint of the black pepper. Thin body has assertive black pepper character, however. It is not well-balanced and the pepper really lingers too long. As with the white pepper porter, it needs more sugars to really balance out the spice.