UPDATED: SEP 7, 2023 Backlog September 2011. Dark brown body, almost black, under a big, dense beige head. Strong aroma of hard roasted coffee and dark malt. Taste is roasted, dark malt, lots of coffee, dry fruit and some vanilla. Fine body with strong coffee aftertaste. Very nice but very close to just too much coffee here.

UPDATED: JUL 10, 2019 Memory rating yall! Pours black with a brownish head. Notes of malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel, roast.

Couleur d'un brun très foncé, quasi ébène, opaque, ne laissant entrevoir aucune effervescence. Absence notable de col. Au nez, café, chocolat. Goût, très maltée, café, chocolat, vamille. Belle rondeur. Au palais, une discrète amertume qui lui confère un équilibre apprécié. Cette stout traîne, traîne et traîne encore en longueur, même après quatre ou cinq minute. Une de mes préférées.

Los elementos satisfactorios de la cerveza fuerte y el café se unen en este tratamiento con cuerpo. Un matrimonio de lo mejor de Sumatra con chocolate rico y malta tostada proporciona una cerveza verdaderamente esclarecedora.

From backlog. Bottle at Akkurat. Rather straight forward coffee stout. Semi heavy taste.

Pretty much the standard when it comes to coffee stouts. Dry, chocolatey, and full of black coffee notes, backed up by a modest vinous java acidity and a long, bitter, roasty finish. Notes of anise, char, and toasted nuts, while the back end steadfastly refuses to grow sweet. Pours a deep, dark black with a modest beige head and slight lacing. Mocha nose isn't as rich or deep as you'd expect, but the taste makes it all okay. Moderate carbonation gives the perfect texture. Classic beer.

Bottle.Black colour with small beige head.Aroma of chocolate and espresso,nice round and well balanced with smooth malty mouthfeels and malty roasted finish.

Man, what a beer. It’s so full of coffee and roasted malts and it’s got coffee bitterness with malt sweetness and this mouthfeel that eases the senses. Wow what a beer. I think the only thing that keeps me from giving this a 5 is that it isn’t quite as good as breakfast Stout, but it’s pretty darn close.

Bottle from Harris Teeter, Hampstead, North Carolina. Black with a thin off-white head. Includes dry roasted malts with a huge hit of coffee that’s a little more stated in taste than its nose.

Pours black with khaki head. Scent and taste are replete with coffee. Dark chocolate also makes its presence known. Slight bell pepper spice at the end of the nose. Some toffee in the taste. Heavy body and smooth texture. Mildly bitter coffee finish.