Sideward Brewing - Friends and Enemies

Pours a dark brown almost black in color and topped by a small beige colored head of foam that settles quickly to a thin film. The aroma shows notes of dark chocolate, roasted coffee, and vanilla over a lightly roasted and caramel malt base. The flavor follows with the coffee and vanilla up front to go with some dark cocoa and the earthy roast with a moderate balancing bitterness on the back end. Medium bodied with balanced carbonation that leads to a bitter sweet and slightly roasty finish with lingering notes of coffee and vanilla.