Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

5 oz. pour as part of a flight at the brewery. Opaque, virtually black with ring of head w/good persistence, light lacing. Aroma is super strong vanilla (like extract from a bottle), lesser dark fruit, chocolate and coffee. Taste is strong vanilla, dark fruit, roasted malt. Smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste with mild roasted bitterness. Vanilla is too strong and seemingly from a bottle. Decent complexity when you look beyond that. Flawed but OK.