from 12oz bottle at tasting. dark brown with thin tan head. malty smells of caramel and coffee. tasted smokey and chocolatey but finished clean. hops and smokey flavors are well balanced. very clean finish. probably my favorite from columbus brewing company

On draught at the brewpub. Dark brown color with a carbonated look, and a thin and wispy off-white head. This really looks like a glass of cola. Aroma of roasted malt and caramel. Medium-bodied with a nice smoked character, with sweet malt, caramel and hops flavor. There is a touch of hops and bitter chocolate here and there too. The finish is long and sweet, with roasted malt and nuts. As with most of CBC’s seasonals (which tend to be better than their standard offerings), this is good.

On draught at the brewpub - Pours a nice deep brown with a short tan head that stayed fairly well and laced down the sides of the glass. Nice aroma of caramel, smoke, a touch of chocolate, and some toffee. Flavor is nice caramel, roasted malts, toffee, a touch of chocolate. Smooth and medium bodied. Somewhat creamy. One of the best I’ve tried from CBC

Draft at brewpub. Brown color with an average creamy off-white head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate toasted malt and toffee aroma. Medium body with a thin sticky texture. Well balanced sweet toasted malt and caramel flavor with a small bitter finish. Good drinkable brew.

Sweet, toffee, carmel malt nose that is clean with no off aromas. Bright dark copper color with nice lace on the glass. Flavor is malty sweet on front of the tongue but not cloying, mid tongue strong malt flavor with some carmel notes, no diacytl or fruitiness. Finsh is drying with a slight roasted flavor that is not astringent and it does not linger. Maybe a little more drying than expected but finsh balances nicely with the sweet malt flavors. I did not get any real ’smoke’ flavors, but that alright its still a great beer that all should get down to the pub and try!