UPDATED: FEB 18, 2020 Draft at Bru Craft. Very dark brown/black pour with soft brown foam. Nice sweeps of lace. Aroma is a bit muted. Soured creamy dark malts. Baker's chocolate. Cold black coffee. Burnt molasses. Dark red/black berries. Currants. Vanilla. Toffee. The present sourness is profound but secondary to the thick dark malts. Unusual. Big but goes down easy.

UPDATED: OCT 1, 2019 Pours oil thick. Jet black letting no light through. Toasty tan head that lingers a bit. Nose is coffee and melting brown sugar, molasses. Taste is coffee, chocolate, rich caramel, umami, so thick and gooey.

UPDATED: MAY 1, 2019 Canned. Dark pour. Vanilla and maltiness and milk. Lotz going on here. I like the can.

UPDATED: SEP 4, 2019 Pint can. Aromas of roast, char, dry cherry, burnt coffee, cacao. Black with a fairly lasting tan head. Dry, roasty, cooked blackberries. Full bodied.

UPDATED: DEC 22, 2018 How: Draught. Where: Blind Tiger, New York. Appearance: Dark brown colour with a small tan head. Aroma: Roasted malt, coffee, dried fruit, caramel. Body: Medium to full body, medium carbonation. Flavour: Roasted malt, coffee, fruit, caramel, some chocolate.

Can to glass to mouth. Aroma is deep choco lovely. Deep dark black with small head that dies quickly. Taste is almost decadent and all chocolate. As it warms it shows off some complex dark malt notes of an almost tobacco and molasses. Pretty damn tasty.

MBCC 2017 Red session. Black body with a tanned head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt and vanilla, dry malty taste with light smoke notes and coffee. Solid bitterness with a sweet chocolate cake finish.

On tap at the Fermentia. Opaque black pour with a creamy mocha head. Nice strong roasted chocolate malt, leather, some oats, espresso grinds, smooth and enjoyable with a moderate+ body and a mild carbonation.

Got to try the base only a week or two after getting to try the ras blackb vanilla version. Both were elite or close to it. Pretty much black. Great base - heavily roasted malt, deep dark and complex as expected. Notes of chocolate and nearly burnt malt. Very nice.

Can from October 2016 - The Wine Thief (Milwaukee City Market): Jey inky black. Motor oil in look and pour. Wow! A stout among stouts. bold, coffee grounds with a little sugar.