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bottle. viscous black pour with caramel brown head. aroma is lots of roast and coffee and cream. flavor is similar, acidity of the roast up front, but sweet malt and chocolate join in later.

COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE. Aroma - coffee. Taste - burnt espresso coffee. Mouth - full of coffee. Finish - coffee.

(11.25.08) 11.5 oz. bottle: Pours an opaque black with a coffee-colored head that settles into a thin foam with a center island. Aroma is all espresso, hitting you before you can even lift the glass. Behind the roasty espresso aroma, some dark chocolate and maybe caramel smells. Taste is espresso again, somewhat creamy, with the roast coming through again in kind of a smokey way. Palate is appropriately thick, with lasting flavor. Overall, for me it hits the coffee flavor better than Founders Breakfast or Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast, but not in as complex a way as Southern Tier Jah-Va or the inimitable Three Floyds Dark Lord.

Draught at Volo. Pours a rich black with large tan-brown head and some lacing. Huge coffee nose with roasted malts. Super strong coffee flavour but with other notes in there (fruit, sweet malts) that give it some sweetness. Long roasty finish. Medium-heavy body. Certainly impressive although a little coffee crazy for someone like me who’s not wild about coffee.

I was very impressed by this beer. Very complex, very dark. It’s appearance is as good as it gets, flavor and palate are near perfection. The price was steep. $10 for a 11.5 oz. bottle. This brew is a little above my pay grade to drink everyday, but I would if I could.

I love coffee stouts, I really love coffee, I love this beer, but not nearly to the degree that i want to.... I almost feel like it might have been too coffee flavored... That is my single biggest complaint... I love the way it looks, i love the way it smells, i love the slight bitterness, i love the way it masks the alcohol making it almost too drinkable the way Bells Java Stout is way too drinkable... I love the layers and complexity of flavor.... Maybe i expected this to be the pinnacle for me, something i never want to taste, the search is way more interesting... Overall, top 10 stouts i’ve ever had, i’ve got a long list to get through, and many to sample again since i started rating beers...

33cl bottle. Pours a deep, viscous, opaque black with a medium-thin brown head that doesn’t last long but leaves subtle spots of lace on the glass and persists in the form of tan spots floating on the beer. The aroma is intoxicating: espresso, molasses, ash, alcohol, bitter alcohol, caramel toffee, tart red wine, and wood. This thick elixir gives off a truly inviting aroma. The flavor starts immediately roasty with burnt bread and coffee. That coffee flavor is really strong and really fantastic - very black and roasty like super-strong French roast. There are so many beautiful flavors in there - soft fruit, bitter chocolate, subtle acidity, sweet toffee malts, treacle... The hop bitterness at the end is gracefully fruity and earthy at the same time. The finish is full of fruit, chocolate, and coffee. The alcohol is warming, but surprisingly well placed - no harshness and surprisingly low ethanol flavor for its strength. The aftertaste is elegant dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is quite crisply carbonated with a light prickling sensation over the tongue. The body is very thick and full - but like a robust and strongly brewed coffee (okay, maybe a little thicker than that). Overall - what a magical beer. I’ve certainly never had a better coffee stout. One of the best imperial stouts I’ve ever had, too...

Vibrant stout with all the hallmarks of a true legend. Great coffee taste with powerful and lingering flavour that grips the tongue. Having had this on tap it’s hard to imagine it could be so wonderful in the bottle but indeed it is. Truly a standout for Canadian beers and as good an example of the style as the Stone and Bells I so love.