 Odeed (1634), Bakersfield, California, USA
Jul 4, 2007
(bottle from jb175,thanks man!)pours a thick black body with a nice full and creamy chocolaty head.as the thick head sits it leaves thick sticky looking webbing on the glass.the aroma is a little light but it blends up oatmeal,coffee,chocolate,and roasted malts.the flavor is damn never perfect.i pick up roasted coffee beans,oatmeal,chocolate,smoke,chocolate malts,and the only thing i didnt like about the brew,a small sour lactose finish.other than that this beer is simply divine!
beerbill (1741), Laurel, New York, USA
Jul 3, 2009 16.9 oz. bottle. Pours a dense black with a large, luscious, light brown head that lasted beyond mid-glass and left a patchwork of lace on the glass. The aroma is superb with tons of rich chocolate and fresh coffee along with just a bit of roasted malt. The flavor is much more heavily dominated by coffee than the aroma. Its still quite nice, but much more one-sided. Fresh coffee with roasted malt, tobacco and some chocolate. Bitter coffee finish. An enjoyable beer, albeit a bit expensive at $13/bottle.
Savvy1982 (111), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Jul 1, 2009 Bottle. From my pilgrimage to Whitefish MT. Pours a very deep brown, but not black, very dense and dark, light cannot penetrate it. Head is big, cappuccino-colored, and sticky. Nose is very roasty, with coffee, ash, oats, a savory woodsmoke note in there too. Palate is very coffeeish, nice mouthfeel, good acidity, nice fluffy ash character in the finish. Flavors of roast malt, smoke/hung meat. Absolutely no metallic or alcohol character at all. I find myself very susceptible to any metallic notes in a beer, especially dark beers. For this to have none is saying something for me. Very nice, glad I bought 3, but not my favorite stout.
hobbersr (275), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Jun 30, 2009 Bottle thanks to matt7215 via trade. Held on to this one since march ’09. Pours black even when held up to the light. The head is huge and rocky. It clings to the glass and is a beautiful brown. Aroma is of oats, smoke, chocolate, and coffee. Tastes like a damn fine coffee, black, just the way I like it. Hickory smoke, chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, milk, dark berries, oats, toffee, and licorice. Mouth feel is very nice. Damn fine beer. Thanks Matt!
MatSciGuy (584), Rosemount, Minnesota, USA
Jun 28, 2009 [Bottle] Pours pitch black with a large tan head. Aroma has lots of roasted malts and coffee, and not much else. Flavor is really thin and watery, bitter roasted coffee, and somewhat acrid. Not a huge fan of this one, and I generally love oatmeal stouts.
junon (186), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Jun 27, 2009 Damn. Havent enjoyed a beer this much in a long time. Head is full and ice cream float like. Lacing is beautiful with 3 different shades after swirling.. Really small compact suds. Gorgeous. Aroma is not quite as powerful as I hoped. Definite chocolate, coffee, and roasted notes. Mouth feel is what Ive come to expect from stouts. Ive had some thin stouts and porters and this is far from them. I think Ive found my new favourite stout. However at $11? Itll have to be an indulgence.
donato (1), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
does not count  Jun 27, 2009 Picked up a bottle at the Wine Stop in Honolulu, had it with Breakfast off course.
Poured in a wine glass, solid black liquid with a thick espresso cream head that lasted to the very last drop. Aroma of the finest coffee, barley and bitter cocoa. I could not stop drinking this beer, more tan Outstanding, i describe this beer as "PHENOMENAL"
Thank you Mikkeller!
angrypirate06 (351), Texas, USA
Jun 27, 2009 Bottle. Brown foamy head over black body. Aroma of coffee, smoke. Long lasting head. Flavor was bacon, bbq, smoke, then finished with a hit of coffee. Nice creamy mouthfeel.
curly (412), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jun 26, 2009 Solid black pour with a thick brown head. Delicious coffee and cream aroma. This beer coats the entirity of your mouth in a thick coffee blanket that is quite bitter. Very dynamic flavor, finishes like coffee.
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