3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle from Archer Liquors. Similar to Founders breakfast stout. Aroma has bitter chocolate with lots of over-roasted coffee, some creamyness. Dark black color with a big reddish brown head. Flavor is chocolately and bitter, nice thick mouthfeel.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pous opaque black w/a creamy tan head from the 22oz. bottle: Aroma is stiff: fresh espresso, dry roast, and dark chocolate. Flavor is a creamy, delicate blend of dry coffee and roasted malt with faint gun powder. Medium bodied. The only negative is that I wish more "stout" would shine through into the finish. I wouldn’t say the coffee flavor is overwhelming, though. Drinkability: Ahhmazing. Sweet. I can tell that it is what the brewers wanted it to be. Rebuy: Right away. #176 on 31102009 "BOO". DG.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a dark, dark brown with a tan head and lacing. Strong coffee aroma. I repeat, strong coffee aroma. Coffee flavor with a hint of creaminess. A tad bitter, but good.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Love the label in a big way. Coffee aroma is upfront and foremost and so it is in the flavor. Nice dark brown color. Thin enough to make it a session beer when it’s cold out. Yum.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from the Beeryard - tasted last winter, rating just added now. Bottle. Black, medium tan head. Strong coffee aroma, raisins, currants. Not my favorite aroma, but not by any means bad. Bitter, like sweetened black coffee. Slightly thin, but generally good palate.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle - Batch 9375 - Dark pour with a small tan head. A blast of light roast coffee, cinnamon, asphalt, wood, and some light milkiness. Flavor is really roasty and finishes with coffee and cream. There’s lots of roasty bitterness on the finish. It definitely smoothed out as it warmed, and lost some of the biting carbonation. Definitely not as much coffee flavor as, say, FBS, but still a good brew.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: OCT 23, 2010 Extremely good but very expensive ($15.99 for a six pack) stout that is consistent with two things: coffee and chocolate aroma & flavors. The description states "truly enlightening beer" and I couldn’t agree more. ----- Had this again in a single bottle purchase and it’s even better than I remember. Perfect blend of dark roast coffee and chocolate, rich and creamy.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. I love stouts and this one did not disappoint. Wonderful coffee aromas with a creamy finish.
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