Bottle. Pour is big and black. Very good initial flavors of roasted stout. Decent behavior all the way thru. Just a hint of cherry, but its there. Probably more like charred cherry wood. Good overall impressions, better than expected. Friendly co2 throughout. Leaves a little but of damp burnt wood impressions on the finish. Nice. Perhaps just a tad of coffee & tartness in the end.

Clear pale but some sediment on the bottom of the bottle makes a couple of yeasty drops on the slim head along with a small interesting storm cloud in my clear beer. At first I thought there was some bitterness but that fades quickly into a sessionable civilized brew. Just a little bit of that newer, younger brighton blond processed feel hiding in the lurch. In Brighton, America and Canada, blond is generally preferred over blonde in all cases as a neutral gender. However, it generally references a pretty female sex hair color. So, it's used in reference to females more often than than to males. Unfortunately, a minority of writers continue to observe the gender distinction where using French in the historical vernacular, blond is masculine and blonde is feminine. But, what - ev, this girls is quite tasty. Good tom boy, reminds me of ellie may clampet. Nice job bros!

From a bottle, this is big and nearly black. Has some darker roasted IPA smells laced with sweet candy about it. No BO on the nose, thank you. Its fairly flat for the most part but, there is just a tad of sizzle in there. Yes, some IPA lurks in the background bit I must say its never in yer face, like many black IPA. It really comes across like a pretty civilized dark beer. Not as civilized as their silver back but pretty good for an IPA. Look, I don't like IPA so, if you do, this may just meet your expectations. For me. I thought it quite decent. There you have it.

Tap @ Oak Arbor. Very nice creamy head & lacing. aroma of sweeter malts. Friendly irish effects from this lighter brown orange clody beer. Easy, never would know its 7%. Decent creamy co2 as well. Good stuff. Smooth nicely balanced. Decent overall beer tasting experience.

Mild smell of tart cherries in cola or rootbeer. Darker brown. No head. Mouth coating thick and strong. Somewhat sweet as well. Rum is well hidden. Yes, cherries fer sure. The rum sneaks up in the end. Not bad for a strong ale.

If you like pale lager this cream ale will attract you; slightly more haze than a clear pale lager it comes across as something different but not more than I can accept. Almost orange yellow in appearance. Light fresh beery aroma. First taste impressions are really good co2, then the almost tart thing follows with a middle that continues into the gentle cream ale arena. Yes, a slight tartness sticks its head up but in an enjoyable & intriguing manner. In the end I’m thinking this comes across as berliner weiss, an almost tart wheat based filtered beer. So good, it ROCKS according to my lager loven taste buds and isn’t this what tis all about anyway?

Tap source. Darker brown. Nice mellow dark flavors considering the alky content of this. Yes, smooth for a higher alky brown. Not bad. First taste comes across as a stronger ale but never gits into the imperial category. Yes, civilized and well behaved. Friendly even in the middle. Strong and impressive yet it retains the drinkability factor throughout.

Overall this is probably one of the better, less in yer face, impy stouts I’ve had. So many times impy stouts want to bowl you over but, this is just out to give you a positive impression. Decent brew from the start. Big & black. Looks like it’s large and in charge. Sweeter mild chocolate aroma. Black coffee taste fer sure from the start. This is followed by a bitter dark chocolate flavor that is not like the typical smack you alky feel, a little better than that. It’s not astringent and its fresh. Yes, a milder impression for such a heavy duty alky content. Decent co2 continues and makes this brew acceptable. Quite drink-able in the end. Over all, a not bad impy stout and I very much dislike impy stouts.

Very dark. Has a very sweet candy nose. First taste is sweet figs. Warms as the session continues, however, it never burns like the near 10% stated. Well behaved and I’m quite surprised how well this goes down. Never cloying like so many other high alky sweet beers. Bourbon effects are muted by the figs. You better be careful with this pone, its quite a quite powerful wolf-like beer hiding behind some fig flavored sheep clothing.