Can. Brown and clear with a small, light tan head. 8.5 abv but doesn't tasye or seem like it. Roasted grain flavor. Not bad.

Generous flight pour at the source. Dark cola, russet highlights with a thin cookie head. Weak char & weaker coffee, burnt brown sugar nose. Malty, cola notes, cola acidity, brown sugar, semi-sweet leaning sweeter, a little boring. Pass. Notes from October 2009 3.4 Bottle from BigTex early in the year. I forgot about this one. It's almost in season again. :D Screw cap, the Captain's pint glass, the Minnesota Twins embarrassing themselves on primetime. A couple inches of bubbly, sandy-colored head. Filtered, ebony wood body. Smells of skim chocolate milk & crystal malt. Faint herbal bitterness & clay. Gentle roast, a light & slight red grape skin thing, mild anise, barely woody. Watered down cola sweetness. Earthy, slightly lingering bitterness. A bit muted overall, but no noticeable oxidation. At room temperature the beer throws out a little pleasant stream of light grade maple syrup. Frothy, thinner then expected, with a drying finish. Alcohol was very quiet. I could of done with something a little heavier. Middle of the road, but still pretty soft & soothing. :)

(Can) clear, bright dark amber brown color with a small cream colored head; aroma of toffee, buckwheat honey; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter sweet finish

Draft at DFW airport. Black with a creamy, beige head. Coffee mocha aroma. Taste is roasted bitter. There’s a slight hint of sourness underneath that never really comes to the fore, and no doubt better so. Medium to full bodied, mildish carbonation. Lacks the malty depth of a traditional winter warmer, actually more reminiscent of a porter. Okay.

Pour is a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is some leather and wood smoke with marshmallow sweetness. Flavor is caramel and toffee with a little treacle and dark fruit sugar. Decent winter warmer with plenty of English malts and the alcohol is well hidden.

Keg at Ginger Man, Plano. Cloudy deep mahogany colour, creamy head. Looking delicious! Caramel nose with some caramelized sugar. Sweet with full body and soft mouthfeel. Creme Brulee with notes of pine and pears, soothing spun sugar. Toffee and pine in a mid bitter finish with some husk. Rich and harmonious, perhaps cut down a tad on the caramel? Or not. It’s tasty as is.

Aroma is a nice fruitiness mixed with coffee notes. Has a nice black body with minimal head. Flavour is sweet cocoas and coffee with a hint of apple. Smooth mouthfeel. It’s a fine and unique stout.

Bottle 12fl.oz.[ Courtesy of cgarvieuk ]. Clear medium to dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark bread, moderate roasted, light hoppy, light raisins. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet bread, dark malt, light raisin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130127]