 kyzr (910), Bozeman, Montana, USA
May 4, 2008
Bottle thanks to CaptainCougar. Pours a deep black with small brown head. Nose of dried fruit, coffee and some light chocolate. Flavor has some oxidation, but once you get past that, it is rich with roasted malt, and coffee. Nice mouthfeel with light carbination. Almost has that cool coffee and the end of the shift taste to it. Very nice.
travita (716), Lewisville, Texas, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Black color with a good tan colored head. Smells of roast, burnt malts, coffee, and chocolate. Taste is a good roasted malt flavor, some darker malts, and coffee at the back of the mouth. Good beer.
kseecs16 (533), Westmont, Illinois, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Bottle. Pours a dark, dark brown with a super thin tan head. You can hear the fizziness as the carbonation releases. Very rich super malty aroma of milk chocolate and roasted malts. Flavor has a strong roast character with a bitter dark chocolate and cofffee finish. Very nice, this is not over powering but the flavors are all vibrant. Full creamy feel.
brewandbbq (228), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Pours opaque black with a mocha colored, dense head that struggles out of solution.
The inch-tall foam sank slowly, leaving behind a thick wall of clingy lace. Traces of mahogany luminescence around the edges.
Aromatics start off with dark chocolate, espresso, roasted malts, and cocoa.
Brownie batter and a hint of nougat follow through.
Full bodied, thick and chewy, with a very creamy mouthfeel.
Bitter chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, and brownie bits lead off the pallet. A drying acridity follows through along with some warming alcohol.
Finishes with burnt brownie ends, bitter chocolate, and lingering roast.
Tasting like something between a big Imperial Porter and a small Imperial Stout.
dkachur (756), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Aug 21, 2008 12 oz. bottle courtesy of mibirder. Thanks Sean! slightly viscous nearly black pour with a dark brown 1-finger head. Aroma of roasted malts, bitter coffee, chocolate and toffee. Taste is a big blast of coffee followed by bitter roasted malt. Some hop bitterness and an almost lactic sweetness in the finish. Medium bodied. Very pleasant.
MrRomero (1881), Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Germany
Aug 19, 2008 12 oz bottle: poured black with zero head after an aggressive pour. Chocolate and a little coffee in the aroma. Chocolate and coffee in the flavor also with a big blast of coffee bitterness in the finish. Can’t say I like it or enjoyed it for that matter.
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