Draft at the source. Opaque brown color. Aroma of fruity coffee. Taste is rich nutty fruity brownies dipped in coffee. Delicious.

Bomber from Final Gravity in Roseville, CA. Pours dark brn/blk with a slight dark tan head. Aroma of toffee, anise, chocolate, maybe coffee. Med ++ body. Flavor is earthy chocolate, earthy dark malt, anise, dark coffee, and lots of other stuff. I call complex. It’s not dry, but it’s so earthy and decently bitter, it might as well be called dry. Or malty, malty, malty. Amazingly tasty ale. Excellent.

Sample, 1-ounce, draught, during the Great American Beer Festival, savoured on September 25 2015; eye: black, opaque, sheet of beige head, light lacing; nose: roasted barley, vanilla; mouth: roasted barley, vanilla, slight burnt barley, finale in roasted barley with presence of vanilla, full body, good carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, silky texture; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Échantillon, 1 once, en fût, durant le Great American Beer Festival, savourée le 25 septembre 2015; œil : noire, opaque, couverture de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, vanille; bouche : orge torréfiée, vanille, très léger orge brûlée, finale en orge torréfiée avec présence de vanille, corsée, bonne carbonatation, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture soyeuse; en résumé : belle surprise

Draught @ O’Briens, San Diego, CA

Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, coffee, dark chocolate, molasses and syrup. Taste is smooth, slightly sweetish and roasty with loads of licorice, coffee, dark chocolate, molasses and syrup. Finish is sweetish, heavy and roasty. A bit sweetish but otherwise quite balanced and tasty.

Pitch black color with dark brown head. Huge molasses, coffee, roasted malty nose that is a touch on the sweet side. The mouth is heavy with tons of molasses, dark fruit, dark chocolate and agressive roastiness. Somewhat sweet. Really good depth, though doesn’t take me to anywhere to new.