UPDATED: SEP 19, 2023 Taster at the brewery. Pours black, with a small, beige head. The nose is chicory, anise, some cocoa, black pepper, and chalk. Sweet and malty, with a mellow, balancing bitterness. Heavy body, chalky, and chewy. Tasty.

UPDATED: SEP 27, 2021 Draft at the source. Pours almost black with a tan head. Caramel, roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, espresso.

On tap at the source. Virtually black with a tan head. Aroma is lightly mild chocolate with hints of berry, or, more unkindly, nail polish. Taste is lightly bitter, sour, before delving into an increasing sweetness leading into the finish. Dry. Full bodied. Good.

Had at the local Old Chicago: Poured from tap into pint glass very dark almost picth black with almost no head of foam. The smell has some good roastiness to it followed by a chocolate nose. The taste is mildly roasty with good grainy notes(I’m told this is an Oatmeal Stout) and some chocolate that, if the mentioned flavours were just a bit more on the stronger side, I’d call this quite the tasty American Stout. As is, it’s still worth trying, evidenced by downing and enjoying a couple of pints.. 08-29-2006

On tap at the brewpub it is acdark brown with a slight head. The aroma is espresso with a taste of chicory that lapses into a licorice flavornonnthe palate

Had at mbbf 2014
Dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate. Taste is dark malts, chocolate and grainy
Decent

Very black pour with long lasting tan head. Very thick, slick and chewy (from the oatmeal), lots of dark fruits ie fig/prunes. One of my favorites from here.

On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear cola brown with a tan head. Aroma of dark cherries. Flavors licorice ropes. Medium bodied. Roast finish.

Draft. Caramel and Smokey malts aroma, very smokey taste with some sweet roster malts in there. The oatmeal is saves for the finish where it really lingers with the smoke. Solid beer.

Growler from Mr. D’s. Pours a dark black with a thin tan head. Taste is of roasted malt, caramel, smoke, caramel, chocolate, coffee, some fruit, some resin and some hops. Similar, warming aroma. Has a good creamy body with a smooth finish that is a bit warming. Very easy to drink and quite enjoyable.