The_Epeeist (892), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA Mar 1, 2008 Philly Craft Beer Festival. Small plastic sample cup. Dark brown with a tan head. Nose is coffee, hop funk and molasses. Taste similar with chocolate, oak, vanilla and some hop bite. Molasses finish. TomDecapolis (2346), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA Mar 1, 2008 Sample at PCBF 08. Pours a deep black with a medium creamy/bubbly lighter tan head that left some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, oak, earthy notes and some vanilla. Flavor of roasted malt, cocoa, just a touch of bourbon, some oak, there is a decent amount of hop bitterness still present in this one and some vanilla. ABV well hidden.
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