7.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16oz can I picked up at "The Wink" in Richmond, pours a deep black with lots of frothy, tan head. Nose has some chocolate, lots of grain actually, bread, burnt toast, yeast, caramel, a little vanilla. Not a ton of barrel character. Flavor follows, a nice malty character, toast and molasses, mild chocolate, a little rootbeer. Where’s the big barrel. Smooth finish, just a touch sweet maybe,