Courtesy TimE. Black beer with a light brown head. Thin grass, wood and charcoal nose. Light tasty charcoal, chocolate, coffee. licorice and caramel. Dry hops in the dusty finish.

This might be the best dry stout I have ever had, I did not get the chestnuts that MJ mentions but this beer and it went from a dry sherry like, to chocolate, to licorice all in the same mouthful. Thank you TimE for bringing this baby back from Japan for me. Page 341 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and only 188 of his 500 Classic Brews to go.