haha, I actually had it with jehoey (posted below me) it was actually really bad. Tasted very much like a cardboard box that had been left in the rain, in the garden, after all the veggies had rotted. great looks, massively poor taste. john’s was poured 2 seconds before mine and tasted marginally better

pint at brewpub: This stuff isn’t good... Aroma was pretty offensive, cardboard like aroma with hints of something vegetal. The beer looked pretty good as most nitro poured stouts do with an inky black color and thick tan head. Flavor was much like the aroma, pretty offensive, vegetal, not very much roasted flavor, all around just weak. mouthfeel was way way too thin for a stout, there was nothing to it. In conclusion your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

On cask at Otto’s. Pours a pitch black with a thick creamy brownish beige head. Nice lacing. Weak aroma of creamy rich chocolate and berries. Taste is creamy and smooth with a light berry flavor. Kind of watered down.

On nitro at the brewpub. Pours your classic black, with settling nitrogenous head. Good half-finger of ash-tinted head above. Aroma, subdued by temperature, glass, and delivery agent...but some resemblance of coffee, wax, and light salts. Flavor moves quickly, with shots of caramel cream, kicking espresso, and a jolt of char. Body is a seemingly vapid watery abyss, lightened by the nitro texture. Palpable chalkiness. I’m not really getting any definite fruits, save for some soft tempering of the roast edge of the beer. There’s a generic fruitiness and a lick of sweetness. This comes across as one of those ridiculously drinkable very light bodied stouts. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if this weighed in under 4% ABV. The smack is divine, with a blending of fruit stems, pan-roasted almonds, roast nuances and a light leaf of Northern Brewer. Berry is lost on me, but the remainder of the stout itself is impressive enough...

Great looking, great tasting. Very creamy, malty stout with that touch of elderberry flavor in the background. Impressive.