Bottled. A black beer with a slight brown shine under a huge dark chocolate brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, and coffee - medium roasted. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of chocolate and medium notes of cocoa, coffee, and roasted malt, leading to a dry roasted finish with a slight coffee acidity and a whiff of grapefruity hop note lingering. The alcohol is felt in the mouth and tickles the tongue lightly.

(On tap) Clear and almost black with a reddish hue and a creamy, beige head leaving some pretty lacework. Very burned, coffeeish aroma. Very potent body with lots of sweetish, roasted malt and a distinct, burned edge. Heavy malt astringency. Lovely. 130507

<i>Draught at Københavnske Øldage. </i> Black. Tarry licorice aroma. Dry, yet thick and oily. Very malty with lots of asphalt and coffee. Powerful and packed with flavour. Long bitter finish.

50 cL bottle. Pours black with a creamy brown head. Slight fruity and chocolate smooth aroma. Fruity and hoppy bitter flavour at first. A decent portion of chocolate smoothness apears a second after this. Finish is rather smooth in flavour and mouthfeel with a dry hoppy bite into the far finish. Very nice. I remember tasting the first homebrew batch of this back in Autumn 2004, that was a lot more liqourice heavy compared to this - which barely has any liqourice at all apart from a minor edge into the far finish. If this had the smoothness and full body of Dark Lord or Darkness this would belong into the top 50.

Draught at Lord Nelson. Black coloured with a beige head. Light roasted aroma of hops and coffee. Roasted flavour of coffee, spicesand hops with notes of smoke. Hoppy and roasted finish.