UPDATED: JUL 22, 2023 $ 5.99 for 330 ml can from New World , Northwood : Inky black colour , medium tan head , settles quickly to nothing ... toasty burnt malt / licorice aroma ... crisp , dry palate : espresso / burnt malt flavour : Yum ! ... puckering finish ...

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2020 330ml can. Pours black, really black with a small bubble dark tan head that faded in a minute. Aroma is all malt and good. Body is quite light which may be the 6% ABV and there is a balance of bitter & sweet. The tastes hangs on so you can sip it over a time and still enjoy the taste. It also opens up as it warms in the glass so maybe don't have it ice cold. Nice balanced stout.

UPDATED: AUG 24, 2018 330ml can Viscous black pour with OK tan head. Roasted malt aroma. Smooth malty palate. Perhaps a tad thin body wise but still nice enough.

330ml can. Pours black with a big beige head. Nice aroma of espresso and cocoa beans. Very well balanced beer - just sweet enough and just dry enough, the way a stout should be. A great Kiwi stout.

On tap at Brew Rotorua. Pours pitch black, not much head. Coffee, chocolate, porridge, some bitter plum notes. Very nice.

[8260-20160513] Tap. Chocolate roasted grains aroma. Black cola body with a quick foamy brown head. Roasted grains and mild coffee and toasted cedar woody chocolate flavour. Full body has a comfortable sweetness. Tasty, very easy to drink. (7/3/8/4/14) 3.6
(@ Eureka Cafe & Bar, Dunedin, NZ)

2016-05-13. Black body with a nice tan head. 3+ Aroma of tangy roast, dusty cocoa accents. 6++ Flavour is similar, fairly fruity, tangy undertones feel out of place, light roast and muted cocoa. Average plus bodied palate, effervescent carbonation. Just okay, possibly a touch off? 6/3-4/6/3/12 On tap at Eureka Cafe & Bar, Dunedin, NZ.

A malt and bitter chocolate aroma with a hint of coffee. Pours a dark brown color with a lasting tan head. Medium body feel with a bitter chocolate and coffee taste with a hint of malt. The finish is like bakers chocolate.

from 500ml can that poured black & very frothy light roast coffee sweet aroma tastes really good fine blend chocolate coffee malty flavours smooth creamy & very nice

Tap at institution, christchurch. Black color, tanned head. Aroma is sweet roasty, licorice, caramel notes. Nice roasty body, sweet caramel, coffee. Some hops.