Draft @ the brewery taproom. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty coffee and chocolate flavor with some bitter hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish.

12 ounce bottle from In Vino Veritas in Keswick, VA. Poursa dark brown color with no head. Roasted malt aroma with some dark fruit notes. Slightly bitter. Dry and bitter roasted malt taste with some coffee notes. Creamy texture. Full bodied.

Bottle. Moderate malt notes of toasted, dark chocolate and strong coffee, resin for the hops, earth for the yeast and tar in the background. Head is small, fizzy, brown with no lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is black. Flavor is very slightly sweet and lightly acidic to start and moderately bitter in the finish. Palate is medium to full, watery and has a carbonation between soft and lively. it finishes dry. An okay stout, just a little one dimensional in flavor.

dark black/super dark brown with no light penetration. cream colored head. I could smell this from the pour. Prunes, prunes, prunes and a hint of burnt chocolate espresso/coffee with a huge amount of hop-less goodness! One of the best smells I’ve ever had out of an american stout. You can taste the burnt coffee and well, that’s kind of it. There’s really no huge taste that I expected out of a beer with such a huge nose. Feels pretty good like going down with a carbonated and light thickness oil like liquid. Quiet drinkable but I’m disappointed in the flavor. SHould be bolder based on the nose. Still not a bad pick up. I would like this over many stouts!

Thick black with dark brown head--nice looking. Chocolatey aroma and flavors with some very solid roastiness. Good one.