Dark, lovely, luscious. The deep, dark brown color hints at the flavors within. With an aroma reminiscent of chocolate and freshly baked cookies, this beer is smooth, silky, creamy, full-bodied, roasty, toasty, and slightly nutty. This is one beautifully balanced, rich, and exquisite stout.

Body is light, and the mouthfeel smooth. The palate gathers apple peel, light clove notes and a thin sweetness that’s touched with caramel. In the middle, ripe and juicy fresh wheat malt with pear edge, while a husky, grainy, wheat twang livens things up. Suggestions of bubblegum are noted. There’s very little bitterness, but a slight lemony sourness, banana pith and light hop leaf character that, combined, increase the perceived bitterness. Yeast is rather neutral, a bit chalky. Some medicinal phenols show through toward the finish. Finish dries the palate, with a lingering wheat and barley husk.

The beer pours a hazy amber with red and brown hues, and yields large carbonation bubbles and a thick, tight, foamy head with some stick and retention. Citric aroma, grassy, with hints of lime and a soft, pale malt beneath. Fairly smooth and creamy on the palate, but a bit lackluster with a light carbonation scrub and watery yet even consistency. The hops come in first: a thin, rind-like citric flavor with a faintly perceived saltiness, light herbal notes and a bitter, grassy bite. Malt character and sweetness is pretty bland, with a weak toasty note as the highlight. Finish is drying, with a lingering hop character and sourness that just doesn’t seem right.