Pours dark black (go figure) with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet, bitter chocolate and roasted malts. The flavor is where it’s at though. It has the standard chocolate notes, but it has this really sweet fruity flavor too that I can’t quite grasp the words for, but it’s quite delicious. Body could be thicker, but it is certainly manageable. Really good beer.

Dark brown pour with a creamy tan head. Roasted malt aroma, with some nice chocolate notes. Mmmmmm. Very tasty beer. Sweet roasted malt - perfectly balanced roast flavor. Pretty sweet. Chocolate, caramel, hazelnut. Not terribly complex, but delicious regardless. Very nice, full, slightly slick mouthfeel. Great beer.

Aroma: currants, caramel. Delicious chocolate. Very roasty. Tons of chocolate with some coffee undertones. Finishes pretty dry with a nice hop profile, although it is overshadowed by the lingering chocolaty goodness in the finish. Body is perfect, perhaps a bit much stinging carbonation.

Bottle from Secret Santa. Almost black and opague. Raisin and roast in the aroma. Malty sweetish, roasty flavor with raisin, blackcurrant and a touch of caramel. Some earthy hops in the finish. Almost perfectly balanced, tasty brew.

Pours pitch black with a great medium tan head that sticks around. Aroma is very roasted and heavy of coffee, chocolate and a great sweet alcohol scent. Flavor really starts off with the coffee flavor, moving into the chocolate and finishing with a very dry alcohol bite. Stout is very smooth and heavy, leaving great lacing along the glass. Really a great example of the style. I HAVE to find this one again!