12oz bottle thanks to jsquire
Pours black with a small tan head, some lacing. Dark malts, caramel, chocolate and ashy. Dark malts, chocolate, coffee, lactose and leather
Tasty

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a semi-dark amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a mild pace. Not much lace.
The aroma had some toast, caramel/toffee malts, light floral/citrusy hops, some leather, nuts and a light earthiness at the very end.
The flavor blended the prior mentioned aromas together in a malty sweet sort of way. Subtle aftertaste of the malts. Malty dry sort of finish.
The palate was almost medium bodied, seemed it sat just a touch under with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, pretty nice amber ale fairly close in style.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours lightly hazy nearly opaque dark brown color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas vanilla, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toasted dark bread, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of cherry, almond, smoke, char, coffee, herbal, wood, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/roasted malts, vanilla, and light cherry/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big vanilla, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toasted dark bread, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of cherry, almond, smoke, char, coffee, herbal, wood, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/woody hop and roasted bitterness on the finish; slight fruit tartness. Lingering notes of vanilla, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toasted dark bread, nuttiness, light smoke/char, herbal, wood, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/roasted malts, vanilla, and light cherry/earthy hop flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from hop/roast bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and slightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a very nice fruit/spiced American porter. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/roasted malts, vanilla, and light cherry/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Great vanilla presence and well rounded malt complexity. Supporting earthy hops, and never too roasty or drying. Not a whole lot of cherry, but just enough to be noticeable. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

Sample at Daily Growler Powell during the "Aloha Streatery Brunch Bash" on 02/26/2017. Dark brown color with a thin beige head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of roast malt, cherry and vanilla. Medium body with flavors of chocolate malt, cherry and subtle vanilla. The finish is roasty with a cherry and malt aftertaste. Decent overall.

Rich deep brown coloured body with a nice, two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of spices, caster sugar, candy sugar and a touch of molasses and alcohol on the end. Medium-bodied; Noticeable malty flavour at first with some earth and cereal and showing some subdued sugars with molasses, caster sugar and even some fruit-based sugar coupled with some alcohol and light spices. Aftertaste shows the spices well with some light lactose and unfinished sugars, along with the earthy maltiness that was noticeable at first. Overall, a decent spice-based beer with a good deal of sugars and some light fruit and molasses on the end. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 10-December-2016 yesterday for US$1,99 sampled at home in Dearborn, Michigan on 11-December-2016.