Aroma is full of dark chocolate, black patent malts, some roasty aromas as well. Its appearance is dark almost black with a big initial white head that dissipates into a thin slice of head. It’s flavor is full of dark malts, very well roasted, with some molasses, and some dark chocolate. It’s very velvety, with a nice burnt toast bite.

Bottled. Poured clear iced tea brown with a tall, fluffy cap of beige head.. sticky lacing followed it down. The aroma picked up dry-roasted sweeter chocolates upfront with caramel, a bit of coffee, and a touch of perplexing detergent following.. OK overall. The flavor had a bit more coffee than chocolate at the core surrounded by wet, grainy sourness and some coffee bitterness.. dried out on the finish, leaving a grainy, refreshing feel. Medium-bodied with moderate-to-high carbonation on the palate.. aside from some odd features, this felt fairly good mouthfeel-wise.

bottle from the Middle Ages mixpack, interesting name for a Scotch ale which is what the bottle said but apparently it’s a porter. Anyway the taste is a sweet, rich malt, some chocolate. Some fruit in the finish. very good would buy again

Growler fresh from the brewery. Brown, red in direct light with a tan and quickly fading head. Soft roasted malts and nuts in the nose, as well as a nicely rounded fruity sweetness. Coffee and plums. Taste is slightly lactic sourness up front, fading to a pleasing grassy note. Then the malts take over: coffee and burnt chocolate malts, some toasted nuts as well. Lots of roast and, again, a simple and slight sweet dark fruit element. Finish is slight, with burnt malt bitterness predominant but no off-putting graininess. Palate is nicely effervescent at the top and fades to a pleasing creaminess as it moves in the mouth - could be slightly thicker overall. Very nice balance between sweet and roasted.