Aroma is faint but touches tones of coffee, alcohol and cocoa. Served I’m the proper glass, the brew is pitch blackwith a thick brown head and strong legs. The thick character is flat and surupy on the tounge. The chocolate tones and warm alcohol wrap the mouth. The finish is metallic and short.

22 oz bottle courtesy of mj (as acrdz was once known). Pour is ink black, thick with a nice 1/2 inch tan head. Aroma of soft roasted maltiness. A bit of licorice. Taste is the licorice and roast from the nose though is nicely integrated and smooth. No alcohol presence at all, nice. More of an imperial porter taste. Overall, quite tasty.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of roasted malts, smoke, peat, and light chocolate. Poured pitch black in color with a small, dense, brown head that diminished but left a slight film. Opaque. Flavor is lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of smoke, roasted malts, chocolate, hops, cocoa, and cream. Medium to full body. Viscous, slightly oily texture. Soft carbonation. Smokey, semi-sweet, chocolate finish.

To celebrate the return of Rate Beer, I decided to crack this baby for breakfast. Pours an oily looking opague black body with a nice looking foamy medium brown head. The aroma is a nice blend of coffee, milk choclate with some with some mellow sweet smoke. The flavors start off with a sweet creamy coffee taste and some milk chocolate with mild vanilla notes. It gradually becomes it bit stronger with the bitter coffee flavor but the creaminess keeps it very well balanced. Tasty stuff!!

Trade with Fonefan. It’s pitch black with a light brown, creamy and lasting head. The aroma has notes of chocolate, roasted malt, dark fruits, preserved figs and licorice with a hint of smoke. The flavour has a light sweetness and the mouthfeel is smooth, full and pleasant, and I find notes of dark fruits, preserved figs, chocolate, a lot of licorice and a light hint of smoke. It’s very nice, full-bodied and complex beer.