 MadMan (478), Tempe, Arizona, USA
Feb 28, 2008
Bottle. Pours a dark black with faint brown head. Aroma is roasty and full of coffee. Flavor is roasty as hell with loads of coffee and hints of cocoa powder. Slight herbal notes along with some light cola but mostly powdered chocolate and coffee. A smooth and kind of powdery mouthfeel with medium body. Interesting carbonation, comes in late in the game. Finish is dry and long. Good flavors, I don’t see anything wrong with this one however I doubt I’ll get anymore.
Angeloregon (1829), Portland, Oregon, USA
Aug 21, 2008 12 oz bottle from By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a thick, hardy black body with a thin soft tan head. Roasted coffee, toffee, chicory, nutty deep nose. Prickly dry, clean, dry full-bodied finish. Very enjoyable.
flatmatt (69), Northville, Michigan, USA
Aug 20, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours black or dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma strong dark and milk chocolates, with coffee and dark fruits backing it up. Flavor is coffee, dark chocolate, some roast. Roasted coffee builds up after several sips, but the rest of the finish is a bit too short.
docsteigs (126), USA
Aug 19, 2008 On tap in Gaithersburg; pleasant black stout with minimal thin head; smells of coffee and chocolate; tastes very smooth with above notes and mysterious undercurrent which could be the chicory.
1_2many (194), Ohio, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Not much lacing to speak of. Roasty coffee and smoked malt made a decent aroma but the flavor was a little weak. Soft sweetness that finished quick and dry with a thin mouthfeel. Rather disappointing but different enough to interesting.
dmtroyer (332), Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA
Aug 14, 2008 On tap at the brewpub. Pours very typical black with a brown head. Mostly roasted malts, coffee and licorice in the nose. Body follows suit with loads of roasted character. Relatively light body, possibly a bit flat. I greatly enjoyed this brew but was not nearly complex as some of its bigger brothers can be.
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