 daknole (694), Plantation, Florida, USA
Aug 19, 2008 On tap at restaurant tonight. Black pour with a Guinness-like head. Aroma is sweet and smells of chocolate covered coffee beans. Flavor is very sweet and malty. Chocolate, coffee, molasses. Rich mouthfeel makes this pretty damn good.
jcwattsrugger (3942), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Jun 15, 2007 on tap-pours a creamy tan head and black color with red tint. Aroma is coffee. Taste is lots of espresso grounds-dark malt, secondary hops bite/acidic, roasty. OK carbonation. Not my style but nicely done.
jdhunt76 (56), Winter Springs, Florida, USA
May 18, 2007 On tap. Pour is a dark brown, almost black, with a tan head. There is a dark roasted and chocolatey stout backbone to this brew, but the strong coffee/ espresso element dominates the flavor from beginning to end. Very dark rich stout, but the espresso flavor is a little out of balance to me. This would be great as a beer float though.
hopscotch (4477), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Mar 14, 2007 Nitro... Black ale with a mid-sized, creamy, light brown head. Outstanding retention... nitro, after all. The aroma is a swirl of rich chocolate and espresso with vanilla and hazelnut undertones. The bold flavor leans on the sweet side of balance. A masterful blend of solid, roasted malts, acidic and tannic espresso beans and moderately bitter hops. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and modest carbonation. Finishes rich, mildly sweet and astringent.
MartinT (4330), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mar 12, 2007 My Bottom Line:
-A most seductive coffee aroma leads the taster into a creamy and sweet tiramisu-like dessert libation. Its roasty passages work wonderfully with the dark coffee bitterness to create a satisfying pint of stout.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-This is served way too cold!
-A nitroed head sits comfortably atop the brownish black.
-The flavor profile is mostly sweet, but it’s very well conceived for its purpose.
On tap at the brewpub.
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