I purchased a growler of this for a tasting at csbosox house. This poured black with a thin white head. The aroma was chocolate and coffee with some grass. The taste was toasted coffee with some anise. This was watery with a paper like finish. Some potential, but they need to take it off nitro.

I have to say this was a pretty tasty stout. Strong roasted coffee aroma, with some chicory, and perhaps a bit of licorice. Just bitter enough and not overly dry on the palate, with some nice coffee and chocolate flavors.

This is a nice strong stout, brought down by the thiinness of the dreaded Nitro-tap. Smelled like rich coffee, looked gorgeous - shiny black like obsidian. Taste was sweet then very roasty, with hints of licorice in the middle. It ended with a long hop bitterness and more roast espresso. It’d be great to try this on cask!

Thanks to Jon for convincing his family to bring this from Kansas. Dark black body with a small creamy light brown head. Sweet chocolate and roasted malt aroma. Sweet creamy chocolate and roasted malt flavor.

Well, I have mixed feelings about this beer. First of all - I can see this as highly comparable to the now ’obsolete in the US’ Guinness Extra Stout. This is a strong, heavy bitter stout with some noticeable malt sweetness up front, roasted flavors all over, and a serious bitter finish. Very dark and opaque, showing red-brown at the edges. Rich malty and roasty aroma. Here’s the drawback: this beer is nitro’d and sits in the glass, and in the mouth, rather flat and lifeless. With natural carbonation (or even real CO2 rather than N), this would become a lively thick champion of a stout, and a viable alternative to the good old bottle-conditioned Irish brewed Guinness we can’t get anymore in the US. Btw: 2 pints of this stuff put me right to sleep!