Twig And Berries Haskap Stout
Grain Bin Brewing Company

16oz pint at Beer Revolution. I can't remember exactly what a Haskap berry is, even though I recall having a brew made by Yukon with them a while back.

This beer appears a dark, near-black, red-tinted brown colour, with one finger of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly beige head, which leaves some eroding limestone cliff lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.

It smells of lightly roasted and bready caramel malt, bittersweet cocoa powder, an indistinct earthy purple fruitiness, faint cafe-au-lait notes, and very tame leafy and floral green hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, a touch of free-range ashiness, some sort of blueberry-like dark fruity essences, black licorice, and more leafy, weedy, and gently perfumed floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly understated in its wan-seeming frothiness, the body a solid medium weight, and genuinely smooth, with a wee airy creaminess creeping in after the get-go. It finishes on the sweet side - both the fruit and candy bar-esque malt lingering in tandem.

Overall, this is a well-made sweet stout, augmented by the use of these northern leaning berries. Easy to drink, not too boozy, and a pleasant sign of things to come from this brewery.