7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce can from Jack's Fresh Mart Menominee, 4/21/24. Hazy peach, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of melon, grapefruit, hay. Taste is grapefruit, melon, pine, dank, tangerine. Hint of booze. Well balanced.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from CBC Westford--finally got this bad boy! Opaque dark brown--virtually black--thin, creamy head, light lacing. Aroma is strong raisin, cherry, toffee, milder chocolate, coffee. Taste is strong sweet malt and toffee over milder roasted malt/coffee, hint of dark fruit. Smooth texture, medium bodied, no sign of alcohol, finish as taste. Glad to have this legendary brew. While complexity is good, strength pales in comparison to modern-day adjuncted stouts.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

GTMW 2023. Aged in Parkers Reserve. Whiskey is not noticeable, quite dry, bitter and hoppy, just a hint of sweet malt. Not my thing.

4.9

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

They hacked this one. Totally out of balance. Way overdone lemon against a little bit of chocolate. Could have been nice if it would have been more balanced but barely drinkable. I hope that I can finish instead of dumping it. Praise be. Seems to be AKA Chocolate Lemoncello Darkness.

2.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5

Very disappointing from Surly. Almost $9 for this beer and smoke is barely perceivable in the aroma and none in the flavor. A weak and sad effort that should have been dumped by the brewery.

5

Hazy pinkish body large foamy off white head. Cranberry wheat aroma. Cranberry wheat flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 6/2/6/3/12 2.9

7

Dark black body medium foamy tan head. Bready toasty aroma. Bready nutty toasty flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/5/7/4/15 3.8

8

Dark black body thin tan head. Roast chocolate spicy bready aroma. Spicy rye bready chocolate roast flavor. Full body moderately low carbonation. 8/5/8/3/17 4.1

8

Dark black body small foamy tan head. Big maple fruit caramel roast molasses aroma. Big maple syrup chocolate roast caramel flavor. Full body low carbonation. 7/5/8/4/16 4.0

8

Dark black body small foamy brown head. Roast coffee chocolate aroma. Roast fruit chocolate flavor. Medium full body moderately low carbonation. 8/5/8/4/15 4.0