Madagascar Las Lajas

Purchased from Tavour. Received in the last couple of weeks. No date on can. Pours opaque with a picture perfect brown sugar foam that is trophy and creamy. As it slowly erodes, thick lacing abounds. Aroma is vanilla and sweet cocoa, not milk chocolate. No barrel. Rich hot chocolate mix. But I want more complexity. Taste is a bit different than the nose. The finish: wait a few seconds and blast off with a lingering sweet hot chocolate, brown sugar, vanilla and hints of the barrel. Char, brown sugar, light bourbon make up the barrel profile. Medium body, possibly the light end of medium. Light carbonation. Dries the palate. Gorgeous in the glass. The aroma needs more complexity. The taste has plenty of complexity but most of it in the finish, lingering beautifully. Bring that gusto throughout, don’t let it hide until the finish. I would have this beer again. Enjoy!