Cellar temp
Pours very dark red, clear, healthy light tan head that stays, laces a lot
Aroma crisp hops from effervescence, earthy hops over roast/smoke malt, spice chocolate at end of glass
Mouth feel, somewhat toothy, cleans up OK, hops and malt even out at end
Flavor sweet slight smoke malt, like smoky bitterness, roast comes forward chocolaty, hop bitterness is right there to meet roast, but sweetness stays forward. Unique.
Finish slight hop balance at end, mostly bitterness, although chocolate lingers.
Overall, very interesting beer, could back off hop bitterness, and move towards hop flavoring later in boil. Cara really cuts roast flavors here, malt mix is very good. Yeast takes a while to finish, but nice and clean overall.
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