22oz bomber pours with a slightly hazy deep copper body that supports a thin dirty white head of foam. The aroma offers up a blend of prunes and perfectly ripe cherries to go along with a mild pleasing level of thick malts intermingled with spicy maple. Another pull reveals additional notes of molasses and smashed dates. The taste delivers a thin body on the palate yet plenty of flavor. I get smooth soft sweet malts and molasses and a sliver of caramel candy sliding into fruity prunes and cherries nuanced with a fruity sweet earthiness. Toward the finish the dark fruitiness picks up a tangy faintly tart edge adding a counter to the sweetness. Holy hell. I get zero sense of this beer’s towering 11.9% abv. You’ve been warned. Pretty solid but more body would help.