This stout offers up aromas that include chocolate, a sort of woodiness, a grassy hops, alcohol, and a minor note of licorice. As the smooth slightly sweet liquid coats the tongue I'm left noticing a kind of dryness. It delivers some chocolate, a pleasantly syrupy wood taste, minor roasty flavour, some hops bitterness, very minor coffee and alcohol warmth. It finishes quickly as far as aftertaste, lingering only a little. As I mentioned it comes across as dryer than I would have imagined and is milder than I would have guessed. I like it.