8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Poured up on tap at the Alvarado Street Bistro in Carmel where it exhibits a nice dark chocolate colored body that supports a thin mocha colored head of foam. The aroma offers up inviting chocolate then rum followed by a vanilla note thinly rimmed with nuttiness. The taste delivers smooth slick dark chocolate yum nuanced by booze and a smooth candy like rum note. Plum and date like sweet fruitiness seem intertwined in the rum. midway a blend of caramel and coconut bubble to the surface rounding out the experience. Great dessert sipper with terrific balance and soft supple barrel character.