 MrPickles (106), Wisconsin, USA
Nov 5, 2009 Very dark pour with a very dark tan head. WOW! COFFEE! Strong bitter coffee at that. The coffee dominates both the aroma and taste. Strong carbonation, which I normally don’t like but it worked and gave this a great mouthfeel.
Sonicdescent (372), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 3, 2009 Quite nice scent, fresh coffee, very strong. Hints of chocolate and vanilla in the background. Appearance is nice, if a bit thin looking as while it appears black, under light reveals brown highlights. Flavor is extremely coffee and cream forward. Very good, but the coffee for me anyway is not up to the gold standard of Speedway. Still very good. Mouth is surprisingly thick for a "regular" stout. Enjoyed this one thoroughly.
hombrepalo (726), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Oct 31, 2009 12 oz bottle from Archer Liquors. Similar to Founders breakfast stout. Aroma has bitter chocolate with lots of over-roasted coffee, some creamyness. Dark black color with a big reddish brown head. Flavor is chocolately and bitter, nice thick mouthfeel.
DeadGirl (190), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Oct 31, 2009 Pous opaque black w/a creamy tan head from the 22oz. bottle: Aroma is stiff: fresh espresso, dry roast, and dark chocolate. Flavor is a creamy, delicate blend of dry coffee and roasted malt with faint gun powder. Medium bodied. The only negative is that I wish more "stout" would shine through into the finish. I wouldn’t say the coffee flavor is overwhelming, though. Drinkability: Ahhmazing. Sweet. I can tell that it is what the brewers wanted it to be. Rebuy: Right away. #176 on 31102009 "BOO". DG.
tmohr (22), Illinois, USA
Oct 26, 2009 Pours a dark, dark brown with a tan head and lacing. Strong coffee aroma. I repeat, strong coffee aroma. Coffee flavor with a hint of creaminess. A tad bitter, but good.
Pipper (223), Ohio, USA
Oct 26, 2009 Love the label in a big way. Coffee aroma is upfront and foremost and so it is in the flavor. Nice dark brown color. Thin enough to make it a session beer when it’s cold out. Yum.
pressboxjoe (68), , New Jersey, USA
Oct 25, 2009 Bottle from the Beeryard - tasted last winter, rating just added now. Bottle. Black, medium tan head. Strong coffee aroma, raisins, currants. Not my favorite aroma, but not by any means bad. Bitter, like sweetened black coffee. Slightly thin, but generally good palate.
madvike (301), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Oct 25, 2009 Bottle - Batch 9375 - Dark pour with a small tan head. A blast of light roast coffee, cinnamon, asphalt, wood, and some light milkiness. Flavor is really roasty and finishes with coffee and cream. There’s lots of roasty bitterness on the finish. It definitely smoothed out as it warmed, and lost some of the biting carbonation. Definitely not as much coffee flavor as, say, FBS, but still a good brew.
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