Appearance: Black body with a small, beige head. Smell: Burnt, black malts with notes of charred chocolate blocks and smoke. Taste: Roasty black malt flavor accentuated by a rich, though reasonable smoke component. Hint of baker’s chocolate. Not too much in the way of sweetness, but you do get your money’s worth in roasty bitterness. Bitter, smokey, even ashen finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: An enjoyable smoked beer where the smoke character isn’t grotesquely overdone.

Tap. Pours almost black with a thin tan colored head. Aroma is peat, chocolate, roast. Flavor is huge smokey peat, chocolate, burnt malts. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, finished very bitter and smokey. Smoke was almost too much.

tap @ Natty Greenes: Poured a very dark almost opaque brown with an amber edge and light tan head. The aroma had a decent balance of smoke and roasted malt. Light fruitiness. the flavor was roasty and smokey. Some mild sweetness. The finish is a bitter roast with a medium body.

Date: 12/19/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

black with ruby edges, lasting fine tan head, lots of drippy lace, rich dry chocolate aroma, rich chocolate flavor with tons of smokey character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4

on tap-pours a diminishing light brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-sweet. Taste is dark malt-smoky/sweet/coffee, secondary hops-bitter/acidic. Occasional.