UPDATED: SEP 8, 2023 Draught@CBC2016. Deep copper colour, small creamy white head. Aroma is coffee, some ripe fruits, toffee and mild chocolate and nutty notes. Flavour is coffee, toffee, some nutty, wooden and mild chocolaty notes.

UPDATED: MAY 26, 2022 Can from Systembolaget Sweden. Big, fluffy and long lasting brown head. Clear dark red brown color. Intence dark coffey aroma. Dry finish and medium body.

UPDATED: MAY 23, 2022 Пиво темно коричневого цвета с очень маленькой пеной по краю бокала. В аромате кофе, шоколад, немного карамели и устойчивый аромат кокоса. Вкус мягкий приятный, такое впечатление что пьешь холодный кофе. Кофе преобладает во вкусе все время не отпуская. Вкус не горький, а приятный сливочный. Сливочность и тягучесть дополняет вкус в который вклинивается шоколад. В послевкусии легкая сладость и завершает эту композицию тонкий аромат дареных орехов. От легкого кокосового аромата не остается и следа. Идеально сваренное пиво!

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2022 Deep dark brown coloured body with a thickish, three centimetre tall light brown head. Aroma of rich malts, a lot of caramelised, brown sugars with some molasses as well, but the milk, cream and coffee are noticeable, but not horribly strong in the nose at least. Medium-bodied; Strong caramelised sugars and sweetness show at first with a big hit of molasses and even some pitted fruits, but the coffee is a bit more noticeable than the nose with a light bitterness from the brewed coffee with some lactose and cream notes at the end, but a lot of sweetness. Aftertaste shows a relatively straight-forward malt character with some tobacco and earthiness along with a rustic quality, but the grain and pungency is here as well, as are the sugars, especially at the end - fairly nicely balanced throughout and worth trying, especially if you either like coffee or browns. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Clarendon), Virginia on 13-March-2021 for US$2,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 15-February-2022.

UPDATED: DEC 13, 2021 Lukt: Mye kaffe. Utseende: Mørk gulbrun. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt dekkende skum, heng. Smak: Mye kaffe, vassen avslunting. Medium: Rating:545410, Tapp@100ml, ABV@5,5%, Når@12.12.2021. Hvor: Kjøpt@Mellombels Ølstove, Bryne. Cigar City Cubano-Style Espresso Brown Ale Brown Ale

UPDATED: SEP 22, 2021 Aroma; roasted malts, liquorice, cigar ash, plum, black bark. Look; low beige head, waterfallish lacing, ultra dark brown almost black body. Taste; roasted malts, liquorice, black syrup, cigar ash, caramellized plum, black toffee, chocolate, and finishes deliciously soft roasted. Feel; good body and soft co². Overall; nice stout-ish brown ale. [tapped 40cl, T@ the ukrainian beer bar Agenturet] Aroma; pečeni slad, sladić, pepeo cigara, šljiva, crna kora. Izgled; niska bež glava, vodopadno vezanje, ultra tamno smeđe gotovo crno toff. Ukus; pečeni slad, slatki sladić, crni sirup, pepeo od cigare, karamelizirana šljiva, čokolada, crni toffee i završava ukusno mekano pečeno. Osjetiti; dobro tijelo i mekani co². Sveukupno; lijepo krupno smeđe pivo. [prisluškivano 40 centilitara, T@ ukrajinski pivski bar Agenturet u kojem radi Maja]

UPDATED: JUL 7, 2021 Git zwart bier met een milde crème kleurige schuimkraag. Het bier smaakt sterk naar koffie, koffie en koffie. Daarnaast is er een smaak te vinden van chocolade en donkere mouten. Het zal echt een top bier zijn, maar die smaak van koffie vindt ik persoonlijk veel te heftig.

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2021 Canned October 14th 2020. Pours black but I see some reddish highlights, nice finger of tannish foam. The smell is split between coffee and cocoa nibs with vanilla just behind. Wow, the coffee is still prominent even though it is close to being 8 months old. Cool. Cocoa nibs are almost as noticeable, vanilla is there. Foremost bitter because of the coffee, some malty sweet notes because of the cocoa. I did not expect things turning out this way given the age. It's only 5.5%abv. Smooth mouthfeel, the carbonation is a tad light at this stage. Very nice.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2021 Can shared with JFE at his place 10.04.21. Ebony. Beige head. Aroma and taste of old chocolate, coffee and pistachio. Thin mouthfeel.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2021 Black, small white head. Chocolate, vanilla, lactosis. Delightful aroma, a little disappointing taste. Shared with EO våland. Watery and sweet, still drinkable.