3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 12, 2005 This pours a deep, dark brown, almost black, with a thin, quickly fading brown head. The aroma is of roasted coffee and a touch of bitter chocolate. It’s surprizingly carbonated for a stout. The taste is of coffee with some bitterness. It’s got a dry, bitter coffee finish. Not bad, but nothing special. <font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? Liquors, Chicago, IL<font size=-1>
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from a sampler from WFM Charlottesville. Pours deep black with a small head. Aroma is pure coffee, not much else. Taste is exactly the same as the aroma. Thin body and a little watery.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: DEC 14, 2003 Head is initially average sized, frothy, brown, mostly diminishing. Body is almost opaque black (flashlight tested). Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, coffee, dark chocolate), with light notes of smoke and vanilla. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, heavily bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly astringent. Rather watery/thin, a bit sour and astringent. Reminiscent of an Irish dry stout.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Strong coffee and wood aroma. Dark black color with moderate head. Creamy espresso and malt flavors with a slight bitter finish. Medium palate. A nice easy drinking sweet stout.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very dark brown with an excellent creamy tan head and good lacing. The aroma reminded me a lot of a Iced Cafe Mocha with some roasted malt added in, big coffee and chocolate hints. Tart expresso and semi-sweet chocolate taste, some fruity hop undertone. Bitter aftertaste, dry. Mouthfeel was a bit thin and soft, smooth. I've had better, I've had worse. Recommended if you seem to enjoy coffee infused stouts.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
12oz bottle pours near black with mocha head. The aroma is coffee beans, roasted malts and mild notes of burnt malts and oxidation. The taste is very much the same as the aroma with highly roasted malts mingling with coffee and with a faint note of oxidation. The coffee fades some to midway allowing more roasty malts to shine through. Coffee and burnt malts linger into the after taste. The flavors here don’t seem to play well together. It didn’t really work for me.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Almost opaque with a dark tan head. Coffee everywhere - Aroma, Flavor and Finish. Slight black malt astrigency. To much coffee for me.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Eclipse black color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is roasty malts, coffee and vanilla. A medium to light bodied sweet stout. Malts are nice and roasty then chocolately. Touch of smoke and vanilla. Hops are slightly bitter. Touch of wine as well as a lot of coffee. Interesting beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Blackish beer with a brown head. Coffee, roast aroma. Coffee, roasty flavor with a bit of hop bitterness. Coffee and roast lingers. Medium body. Straight forward and to the point.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12oz. Bottle: Aroma of coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, and a little cream. Poured dark brown in color with a small brown head that disappeared quickly. Opaque. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, cream, and a little vanilla. Medium body. Tingly, then dry texture. Average to lively carbonation. Roasted malt finish.
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