Tap. Pours opaque mahogany, small tan creamy head, nice lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, cinnamon, chili pepper. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, light plus chili burn, notes of cinnamon, cocoa, roasted malts. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Really interesting.

Thanks Craig (Sledeutah).
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a dark brown close to brown color with an off white to tan thin foamy head that dissipated fairly quickly. Concave lacing clings to the sides of the glass nicely.
The aroma has a superb blend of the roast to the sweet. Roasty coffee beans bounce on sweet milk chocolate. And then dark chocolate slides in. An ample amount of caramel and toffee slide in. Subtle toast, sly caramel, and some light dark fruits nuance the underneath portion of this. Refined dark fruits.
The flavor has an absolutely beautiful balance of the roasty coffee beans to the sweet milk chocolate. Dark chocolate graces it nicely with a nice dry semi-sweet to bitter aftertaste. Quick semi-sweet to a shy bitter-ish finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium to almost full on the body with a fair sipping quality about it. Carbonation feels pretty refined. Long roasty to bitter luscious stickiness hits my tongue exceptionally well.
Overall, Russian Imperial Stout? Damn right it is, and an absolutely well done one. Practically perfect, in my opinion, I haven’t had an RIS this good since......well, I don’t know when.

Thanks Craig (Sledeutah).
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a soft burnt orange almost hazy sort of rugged brown color with a thin white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Soft glazed remnants of a head bleed into a messy lace.
The aroma leans piney sharp bitter resinous behavior. Just really grips my nose hard and pulls in the sharpness cleanly with a touch of soft malt.
The flavor leans to the sharp piney bitter resin and clings to a sly malt, but low and smooth. Piney aftertaste with a dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with the crisp malts moving smoothly along my tongue. Semi-sticky palatable bitter resin hits my tongue. Sipping to sessionable in between sort of feel.
Overall, quite a different DIPA for me, but then again living in Vermont, our DIPA’s taste nothing like this. Would this be a Utah DIPA? Is there such thing? But this is quite good and would love to have again if given the chance.