Dark amber colour. Chewy, strong toffee aroma with some piney, earthy hoppiness. Lots of chewy richness in the body. Sticky, to the point where the late alcohol has little effect on the palate. Lacks focus, though, this one. It’s mostly just big, and doesn’t take me to any particular place, certainly not enough to justify the effort I have to make to drink this resinous monster.

On Tap at the brewpub A nice redish amber with a thin fine head and sopay lacing. Aroma sweet and hoppy but not a strong as the style would suggest. Flavor was hoppy and bitter but balanced nicely by the sweetnes that was a bit fruity. teh ABV was certainly there but seemed appropriate with all the other flavors. Nice