7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a mahogany to copper colored body that supports a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up some sweet malts flowing into a bit of nuttiness and malt roastiness. The taste delivers moderate levels of malt nuttiness, malts roastiness and then mild malt sweetness. The flavors are punctuated by a bit of over carbonation. Another pull reveals the addition of a thin chocolate malt layer lurking around in the background.