Greg
On tap at Max's tonight. The beer pours a blackish brown color with good head retention and lacing. The nose is unusual and interesting, showcasing vanilla, dark chocolate, light coffee, prunes and molasses. It's attractive, but just isn't an aroma combination I see all that often. The flavor profile replicates the nose pretty closely, but is dominated by coffee, licorise and dark chocolate. The beer has considerable underlying hoppy bitterness as well, and really dominated the dry finish in this beer. Mouthfeel is full and long, with a lingering bitter finish. Drinkability is good, though the combination of sweetness and licorise wears on me after a bit. Nevertheless, this is an impressive, nicely crafted beer from this talented Canadian brewery.