On tap at the flying saucer in KC. Pours a dark brown with some red streaks. A small, creamy, tan head that stayed for the session and was very lacy. Beautiful. Sweet and roasty aroma with a good amount of chocolate malts, nuttiness, and that Rogue hop smell that I love so much. Full bodied, creamy, and loaded with taste. Very complex. Intense amount of sweet malts and hops. Roasty, chocolate, nutty, caramel, piny. Overall, a very rich and warming beer that really hit the spot. Extremely bitter, but a great balance. Loved it.

A great ASA...pours pitch black with little head...very much a wnter ale with it’s strong in malty goodness, but not so hoppy. a dangerous beer in that you could drink a few very quickly and it would hit you

Pint @ Tyler’s in Apex. Great aroma, Sweet. Roasty. Cocoa, floral hops. Dark reddish brown color, good head that stayed for bit. Ok lace. Bittter sweet flavor, caramel, grapefruit bitterness. medium body, creamy mouthfeel, bitter finish. Great aroma, one to sniff for a while, the play between malts & hops is wonderful. Flavor fell short of aroma, narrowly bitter.

Draught @ Brewer’s on the Bay, Newport, OR. Pours a dark brownish red color with a small tan head. Malty bitter hoppy aroma with hints of chocolate and grapefruit. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of grapefruit and caramel. Has a long malty hoppy bitter finish with a long bitter aftertaste.

Draft @ Capones: Poured a dark red/brown with not much head. The aroma was hoppy with sweet malts. The flavor was hoppy as well, with some chocolate malts, spice and well balanced. Overall a really tasty brew that might get better with age.