On tap at my hotel, the Renaissance, in Pittsburgh. Pours a mostly translucent, deep brown with a thin, eggshell head. Malty nose, wet cardboard, nuts, oatmeal raisin cookie, yeast. Flavor was nice, simple, sweet, malty, bread, a little brown sugar. Had quite a bit of flavor for only 3.8%ABV. Medium bodied, dry finish.

Sampled on draft at the Pints For Pets brewfest this beer poured a dark amber color with a large soapy off white head that lingered and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was dryish smoke and bread. The flavor was tangy and bready with a dry smoky bacon presence. The finish was long and dry with smoke and bacon lingering. Medium body. Interesting.

Bottle, from notes - memory fading a bit as to whether this was the blue or indigo bottle, at any rate the bottle looked pretty nice. Poured a copper color with an off-white head, looked unfiltered, at least it had a lot of stuff going on in it. Aroma was sweet, barley wine notes, with notes of fruits. Grainy notes in the palate.

I had this at the bocktown monaca and let me tell you, it was much better than expected. I was thinking with the time since I really had a good EE and the present, perhaps commerciallity got the best of them but this is GOOD. Really nice black pour, what a beauty! Has mild sour cherry smelling choco moose looking head. Yummy roasted slight choco cherry olfactory. Initial taste bud impressions is milder roasted stout with a cherry ghost. Quite enjoyable. Mild and friendly, feels like an old friend! Mild sizzling co2 makes this interesting. Lacing like a thin bikini. Easy to like and easy to finsh. Goes down way too easy; heh! Its gone! Balderdash, lets get a real big pitcher of this. Lovely. My accolades to the brewers of EE!.

Draft at the Beer Trmple. Black pour with massive brown head. Roasted aroma with chocolate, malt and coffee. Flavour of dark chocolate, roasted malts and a little dark fruit. Medium to low carbonation and medium body. Very good considering the low ABV for the style.