HOOOOOOOOOOOO doggy! See below for their lovely label. Here's just a quick little note to say that I finally had this beer and it it's amazing. It's everything you'd expect. BIG roasted malt flavors with notes of toasted bread, bitter coffee and a slight almost leathery outside. The hops are a bracing bitterness in tandem with but slightly overpowered by the immense grains. TRY IT! I wouldn't let you down, beer reader.

All I can think of at the moment is that scene in Dances With Wolves where Kevin Costner is yelling "Tatonka!" and making little horns with his fingers. Always good for a larf. Watch that movie and see how many times he flops onto his back in a comical manner... I believe the count is 4 which may not seem high but when you focus on it, it... is. OK... on to the beer! BJ's, a limited California chain, has some great food and some damn good beer, not to mention excellent prices on their 5 and 7 glass five ounce beer sampler flights. A great way to have a lot of great beer. I could (and likely will eventually) write at some length on each of their 6 standard beers and rotating seasonals, but I'm going to focus on their Tatonka Stout this time. Thus the heading of this review. Yeh...

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