Jwasciuk (194), Lowell, Michigan, USA Jul 27, 2008 pours muddy black with a large light brown head. Aroma is heavily malty of dark bread, cookies, roasted mals, molasses and strong coffee, lightly hoppy hints of pine and moderatlu yeasty kind of a meay/brothy aroma. Flavor is very well balanced, roasty malts dominate, toasty and coffe and dark chocolate. Finish is much the same but a bit more bitter and almost ashy in the end. Very nice. ATLBeerDog (280), Atlanta, Georgia, USA Jul 27, 2008 Pours a beautifully stunning dark brown almost black with a thick foamy ½ inch caramel colored head. Thick milk shake like lacing clings to the glass and hardly lets go. Smells of rich roasted coffee, chocolate, and malts dominate. First taste is surprisingly more chocolaty than the aroma indicated. The coffee flavor is lovingly mean and bitter. The beer is well carbonated and fairly light bodied. Very tasty. Beer and coffee lovers rejoice.
craftbeerdesign (731), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA Jul 27, 2008 bottle. outstanding. this one lives up to the overall percentile and placement in the charts. hops dipped in coffee - that pretty much sums this one up. pours a deep dark black with a huge tan head. some chocolate, coffee aroma - but not as strong as I would like. Huge bitterness and nice oat / coffee base. Huge, full body that is extremely smooth and inviting on the palate. The finish is what makes this one so outstanding... excellent bitter hop profile while keeping the roasted coffee flavor intact. mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA Jul 25, 2008 Deep black opaque color with a light brown head that lasts. Espresso, tobacco and roast aromas. Great flavor! Coffee, caramel, some butter, and tobacco in the taste. Nice aftertaste. Slight alcohol in the finish. punkrkr27 (608), Berkley, Michigan, USA Jul 20, 2008 Jet black pour with a gigantic rocky tan head. Aroma of butterscotch, coffee, caramel, tart ripe fruit, brandy, and Mexican chocolate. The flavor has lots of bitter dark chocolate with oak, cherry, tobacco, and black coffee. Full oily body with moderate carbonation. Marc (477), Yokosuka, Japan Jul 20, 2008 Deep coffee, molasses, cherries and leather in the nose. Dark brown verging on black with a tan oily head. Fat hops and burnt sugars. more molasses, coffee beans, leather, tobacco, salt, . Finishes with fresh herbal noble hop bitterness (halletaure?) coffee, and vegital hop flower. Really shines after it warms. robforbes (1083), Bremerton, Washington, USA Jul 19, 2008 pour is jet black with a large brown head, very nice lacing.
smell of cocoa, roasted espresso, touch of vanilla bean.
taste is backers chocolate, coffee, some sour malt, a roastiness, ends dry with some bitterness to it, as it warms becomes more milky. kmeves (1080), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA Jul 18, 2008 Pours a oil dark black with a big brown head. Aroma is moderately sweet, coffee, chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor is coffee, oatmeal and dark chocolate. Medium body, creamy texture. Finish is long and bitter chocolate.
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