Pours pitch black with a fully receding tan head. Aroma of chocolate, vinous malts, and dark malts. Tastes of chocolate, pepper, dark malts without bitter astringency and some sweetness. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with soft carbonation from the cask. Pretty nice stout from NABC, one of their better beer.

Date: 04/26/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

black, wispy tan head, sweet roasted aroma with a milky quality, oily body, sweet roasted flavor backed up by some dark chocolate, light bitterness adds a bit of balance, light stylistic tartness, light earthy smoke from the roasted

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4

On tap at NABC. A black pour with almost no lace. An aroma of roasted malt with a chocolate and coffee kicker. A flavor of dark chocolate and a bitter that is close to the same choco. A very nice warmth all the way through is something I like in a beer. Good carbonation but a tad thin. A good beer that is what it says it is.

Draught. Pours stark black with thin tan head. The aroma is espresso, some sweet caramel, and planty hops. The flavor is nice and roasty, dry, with a little bit of alcohol hotness at first. Some toasty and planty hops kick in shortly. The finish is dry and lingering.

draught. Pours extra black with little to no head. The aroma is dense of burned brownies and coffee. Mouthfeel is nice and chewy on this one with a wall of bittersweet chocolate accompanied by light roasted coffee, Brazil nuts. The finish is overly hot on the first two sips, almost like vodka. This goes away about a 1/4 into the glass. Not sure what that was all about. It’s a pretty good stout, I really like the density. There is an underlying buttery character that was my only qualm near the end of the glass.