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16 oz. can from ABC. Pours an engine oil black color with a tan head and good retention. No lacing. Aroma of ginger and booze. Flavors of dark bitter chocolate with a lot of ginger with an alcohol warming finish. Too bitter for an oatmeal stout and not sweet enough to be a cookie stout. The 8.0% ABV is fairly hidden. Medium+ body. Very low carbonation. Okay, but not my favorite take on the style.

Ultra deep dark brown coloured body with a very fast-dying three to four centimetre tall at first, deep brown head that fades to nothing at all just a few seconds later, like soda - very odd for the style! Aroma of super pungent spice notes with cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, earth, brown sugars, molasses, ground ginger, anise and even a hint of cumin. Light to Medium-bodied; Very strong spicey flavours dominate with a big earthy and nutty malt punch, but the caramelised sugars, toffee and molasses really come through, however the bitterness finishes this off quite strongly. Aftertaste shows a fairly good balance of sugars, malt, nuts, earth, lactose, alcohol and of course, tons of spice elements with the cardamom and aniseed notes the strongest with a slight savoury component on za'atar and cumin towards the end. Overall, fairly nice - very deep, strong and pungent and a tad thin, but it works decently, not perfectly...nice to sample well after Christmas, but still a good local option, even in the heat of May in Washington! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, given to me by a coworker, which was canned on 09-October-2020, sampled at my house here in Washington on 18-May-2021 - Thanks Colleen!

Nutmeg, clove nose. Black, thin tan head. Strong nutmeg, charred oak. Medium body, easy carbonation. Not my favorite

Can at home. Fine dark pour and few fingers of beige head. Nose is Christmas spicing. Tastes of chocolate, nutmeg, vanilla, cookie, earth, char. Thinner bodied.

Pour is a black with a large tan head. Aroma is your typical roasted oatmeal stout but then comes the big ginger. Flavor is again the base oatmeal stout then come a way over the top bitter herbalness. I'm guessing that the cardamom. When i saw the adjuncts used in this beer I thought to my self that they don't really go together with this style. Way to herbal and it eventually takes over the base beer completely the more you have of it.

Can. Pours clear black, medium tan head, creamy with nice lacing. Aroma is roasty, molasses, ginger, root beer. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Not bad.

Roast, caramel and some fresh ginger like sushi desert. Black pour with ok head. Some chocolate. Bittersweet finish. A little odd but mostly well balanced. Can.

12 ounce can. Dark brown, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, nuts, vanilla. The taste is nuts, caramel, spice. Medium bodied, lingering spice.