8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Enjoyed side by side with Dark Necessity Vanilla Rye. Pours black with a tiny dark tan head. It smells of bourbon, roast malt, chocolate, coffee, and booze. The intense flavor is of roast malt, bourbon, coffee, chocolate, and rye with booze under there. It's sweet but the hops and dark roast character offsets that. It seems like the rye is more noticeable without the vanilla and the finish maybe not as sweet. Both are really good but I think I slightly prefer it without the vanilla.