Aroma: “Coffee and chocolate with light smokiness. There’s a light raisin sweetness, and the cinnamon is woody with a slight dark fruit background and touches of vanilla.”

Flavor: “Nice roast notes, dark toasted bread, caramel, and huge cinnamon character, almost overpowering on the retronasal. Nice roundness adds some richness. The raisins add a complexity. Moderate chocolate. Creamy consistency with moderate carbonation. Finishes with a long cinnamon flavor and spiciness that lingers.”

Overall: “If you don’t like cinnamon, this beer isn’t for you. It sticks around throughout the sip and well into the aftertaste. Underlying chocolate, coffee, and malt sweetness mix with raisins and try to come up to the level of the cinnamon but fail.”