Apperance: The beer is dark brown, near black, the head is surprisingly small, beige leaving some lacing and curtains. (3) Aroma: The smell is sweet dried plums, some sour milk (sic), burnt bread, woodsmoke, coffee and chocolate roasted beans. (4) Taste: The taste has the sweetness from a ripe cream sherry, roasted malt flavors and really bitter roasted seeds and coffee beans. The bitterness is rather sharp, and stays for quite a while. (3.5) Palate: This sample had low carbonation, but rather tingly small bubbles, and a dry finish. (3.5) Overall: It is a well made beer, but a bit to coarse bitterness, could benefit from a few years storing for my taste. (3.5)
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