Super dark brown coloured body with a large three to four centimetre tall light brown head that fades fairly quickly, but still caps the beer after a few minutes. Aroma of roasted malt, caramelised sugars, dulce de leche, toffee, coffee, a lot of lactose, cream and some dry, earthy and nutty elements, but the sugars are definitely there. Medium to Full-bodied; Very rich malty characteristics show at first but are relatively mild and soft with some earthy and nutty notes, but some enjoyable sweetness on the end, with yes, some maple and syrup sugars here. Aftertaste is dry, but very well poised between the soft malts, rich nutty and caramel flavours and plentiful sweetness on the end, with some creamy and lactose notes - nice throughout. Overall, a very nice sweet stout, with a lot of complexity, range, balance, but enjoyable flavours. Overall, a great beer, especially considering the flavours, complexity and range that's still somehow low-ish on alcohol, but nice for the cold weather! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Arlington (Ballston), Virginia on 26-February-2021 for US$4,49 sampled as the 1st beer of my 2021 Advent Calendar, sampled at my house here in Washington on 01-December-2021.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice, two to three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, molasses, earth, nuts and a good deal of lactose and cream - nice in the nose and fairly light. Medium-bodied; Pretty assertive roasted malt and molasses flavours dominate with a great bit of nuttiness and earthy flavours that bring out a good complexity, while staying light and rustic. Some vanilla and especially toffee sweetness really comes through near the end, with a good balance from the cream. Aftertaste shows a good blend of the flavours with a nice malty profile and a good kick of vanilla, cream and a hint of alcohol that peeks around the corner, but the sweetness balances quite nicely with the roasted malts that do bring out coffee and chocolate near the very end. Overall, a very nice, robust beer that almost shows more of a [sweet] stout, at least in terms of flavours, than a porter, but the body is on level with most Porters, so this hits the marks nicely, and the front of the can perhaps is the best thing about this, with the note on the side that goes along with it making it great, and sad. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 21-July-2021 for US$4,49 sampled at my house here in Washington on 17-November-2022.