Vari
Pühaste Brewery

Pours an opaque, pitch-black coloration with a medium, creamy, mocha-colored head. Smells of roasted, caramel malt, chocolate and spices, with notes of tamarind, ginger, nutmeg and cardamon. Taste is a great balance of roasted, caramel malt, toffee, chocolate and oriental spices, with notes of tamarind, ginger, nutmeg, cardamon, caraway and turmeric, as well as hints of licorice. Finishes bittersweet, with a light/medium bitterness and some chocolate, toffee and spices lingering in the aftertaste. Full mouthfeel with a medium/rich body and light/Medium carbonation.

I'm in two minds about this one. While I love the oriental spices, I don't think the toffee goes well with them and would have really loved for coffee to have been used here instead. In fact, I was hoping for a typo on the can. One could argue that the toffee sweetness provides a good counterpoint to the spices here, but I disagree and would have wished for a more coherent flavor profile. The caramel malt and toffee sweetness is just a it too much for me, although balanced well-enough by some roasted malts, bitterness and the spice. This certainly still makes for a rather interesting drinking experience due to the sheer caleidoscope of spicy flavors here.