Canned 11/26/24, drunk 11/26/25, as pictured.
Lots of cocoa, with mild, fruity coffee and tasteful peppermint, and a touch of gross lactose. Chocolatey, light roast but not a huge stout character in the nose.
Soft and sweet with peppermint and licorice character. At one year old (exactly), it's very tasteful on the adjuncts, though I can't imagine it a year ago, not to mention it's still on the sweeter side at one year out. But the texture is incredibly comforting and despite the lactose, the base malt is deep. Can definitely understand DrinkMcDermotts lower score six months ago, and maybe I shouldn't be so lenient given that it wasn't aged by the brewery (but should have been).

Back to a little chill and rain in the air, seems like a good reason to warm up with this. Pour is black but with brown edges, a puffy, light tan head. Nose has mainly milk chocolate, not too much. Taste starts to offer stout roast, but mainly more cocoa. Some coffee wanders in, too. But somewhere in there is a strange note of jalapeño pepper. But then, oh, there's that peppermint. It redeems itself at the end.