Pour slowly distinguished bottle-conditioned Belgian Imperial or risk having overly frothed tan head exceeding lactic light brown body. Sweet molasses waft reinforced by marshmallow-y Kahlua-chocolate liqueur creaminess to burnt sugared toffee midst. Chewy rum-soaked cherry and bruised banana get strewn across increasingly prevailing anise stickiness upending dry cocoa-mocha finish. Supple raisin-prune thickness enriches tertiary cinnamon-clove spicing and wood-charred coal-embittered coffee chasm.

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