Some roast, some sharp nut. A little raw barley. Pours black with decent head and lacing. Finishes with some bitterness. Tap at brewpub.

Mild charcoal nose. Clear chestnut, medium yellow head, nice glass coating. Chocolate, peanut, and tree bark. Little hop presence, some diacetyl. Light body soft carbonation.

Keg at the brewpub. Pours a clear dark brown with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral, earthy hops, mild roasted malt. The taste is chocolate, caramel, roasted malt, stone fruits and a mild hop finish. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.

Poured on draft at the source. Pours a clear amber to brown with a beige head of foam. The aroma has some toast and dry caramel notes. The taste is sweet and a touch roast. Dry in the finish. Light body. Medium carbonation.

on tap at the 2014 Bramwell Oktoberfest; black color; roasted malt aroma; great, smooth, roasted malt flavor on a fairly light malt base; the flavor of a porter, but on a much lighter bodied beer

Draft at CJ maggies, from notes. Very dark clear brown color, beige head. Aroma of roasty cocoa. taste is roasted coffee, chocolate, light hops.

4 oz. draft sample at B&D Gastropub. Pours black with large dark brown highlights and small off-white head. Aroma is chocolate, light body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is nice cocoa and some roastyness. Good for my first Lost River Brew, I would have guessed a Schwartz beer for style.

Growler. Pours deep, dark brown with creamy beige head. Aroma is roasted and chocolate malts, dark fruit, some ash, and light earthy hops. Flavor is dry roasted malts, faint hop bitterness, faint chocolate, and faint dark fruit esters. Dry finish. Medium body and low carbonation.

Growler. Pours deep, dark brown with creamy beige head. Aroma is roasted and chocolate malts, dark fruit, some ash, and light earthy hops. Flavor is dry roasted malts, faint hop bitterness, faint chocolate, and faint dark fruit esters; dry finish. Medium body and low carbonation.

On tap at the brewpub. Wonderful roasty aroma. (Lost River beers all fill the nose.) Taste is of roasted caramel malts, nutty toffee. Slightly under-hopped but still autumn in a glass. Strong beer.