Sumptuously creamed Irish stout (from Canada) brings baked gingerbread sweetness to sugared molasses sinew and caramel-burnt toffee fudging above contrastive coarsened hop char. Brown-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg and anise spicing deepens Black Forest-caked holiday spirit. Tertiary fig, black grape, black cherry, chestnut, hazelnut and dark cocoa illusions increase complexity.