Pitch black color, dark brown head. Tons of cognac and cherries with some dark chocolate. Dark chocolate, cognac, cherries, Christmas cake, oak, creamy, fudge, tons of depth. Slightly sour and big big mouth. Super full on, Excellent winter winter. Big dark chocolate, sour cherries and cognac finish. Superb.

Flavor is strong as well, cherries are a bit more sweetish. Cognac kind of overshadows the base but it's still damn tasty. Slick and viscous

(Bottle from brewpub, 1 day post-bottling) Pours almost clear medium orange with an average white head, no lace. Aroma is huge tropical fruit cocktail (mango for sure, pineapple at times, rest is a blur), little bit of citrus pith, slight caramel malt sweetness, alcohol as it warms. Flavour initially sweet and fruity, crystal malts with mango and other tropical fruit in abundance, slight dank ‘greenness’ but fruit really predominates here. Mid-palate on there’s a citrus rind/pith bitterness that becomes apparent, lightly resinous, sweetness from the malts lingers, detectable alcohol. Finish is fairly dry, hop bitterness still fairly restrained for the style, heat from the alcohol does a bunch of the dry-down. Mouthfeel medium, carb soft, booze not really hiding (but at 10%, not unexpected). This is so fresh that it’s bursting with fruity hops and the sweet malt supports that. As the hops fade, it might become to sweet and boozy without more bitterness but it is a grand fruit bomb right now.