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

22 ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s in Princeton. Number one with a Babka! This has a few years of aging on it. Opaque brown pour is topped by a creamy tan cap. Aroma of roasted malt and milk chocolate. Flavor is more of the same. Dark malt, sweet cocoa and a bit of warming alcohol. Finishes dry and bitter.

Nice orange color. Lightly sweet malt and Very light hops. Low flavor. Dry bread dough finish.

Not much coffee, but lots of cacao and vanilla. Good flavors but far too thin. A tad boozy on the finish.

Pretty underwheming. A little too sweet and not enough bitterness. Drinkable though. .