A nightcap by the lake. The night crawls gradually in and starts a magical show of the nature. Night birds making interesting melodies. Fish popping up from the water and making splashy sounds. Bats stealthing silently just above the water level and catching their nightly dose of insects. Talking about insects... mosquitoes are not very many but even the more annoying. 🦟 But let me forget about the mosquitoes and focus my attention on the beer. Looks very turbid. The color is very deep dark brown with a strong maroon tinge. A decent tawny head emerges on the top and melts rapidly away. The scent offers promising aromas: the first wave brings in dark chocolate, crushed cacao beans and sweet cherry pralines. A shy proposal of sweet red wine pops up in the second wave. And eventually, the third and last wave unleashes Amaretto, not the alcohol part of it but the almond. Interesting! The gustatory universe... whoaah... my goodness! Now we have red wine! And it's not sweet. But dry. Cherry is much less prominent now. Not particularly sweet either, rather like cherry mash with all the skins in it. Dark chocolate and raw cacao powder are now auxiliary components. The body should clock big. But it doesn't. Maybe medium. Ish. Alright. Not superimpressive though. The finish is truly dry with red wine and soaked oak barrel. Maybe a hint of raw cacao powder but definitely no chocolate. I'm intrigued to say that no cherry either. I don't know. But absolutely no almond at this stage. The mouthfeel is medium, relatively dry, barrel aged, vinous and drying. It's somewhat woody, harsh and raw. I like the unpredictability and layers. However, I'm afraid that the potential is not fully untapped here.