5.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

A black brew poured with a small tan head of foam with some decent lacing.

I smell some light cocoa and malt, very light in fact.

Cocoa is in the flavour along with some sweet malt with a hint of peppers. What’s here is nice but it’s so too much on the mild side...4.2%, I blame you. I will say that it’s an easy drinking beer; the mouthfeel is rather thin as I’d kind of expect from a lower alcohol brew. I’d be happy if they made this more robust and save the lower abvs for styles that can shine with them.

02-23-2013