Durham Blak Katt

Brewed by County Durham Brewing
Style: Stout
Pickering, Canada

Draught at C’est What? in Toronto. Black (obviously) with a large thickly packed light tan creamy head. Hershey bar aroma. Flavor of chocolate and roasted coffee, with a bitter finish. Very weak body, the only downside to an otherwise nice brew. Overall acceptable but not stellar.

On nitro tap at Smokeless Joe’s. Pours a clear black to brown with crimson highlights and a thin mocha head. Light chocolate and coffee, roast. Nice big roast notes, light cocoa. Finishes with some dry roast and lingering bitterness.

on tap at smokeless joes. Nitro pour, aroma of smokey roasty malts, with next to no hops. Pretty basic stout, nothing fancy, but i wouldnt see ordering it again..

Dark pour with a nice tan head. Aroma is quite faint, a little bit of coffee, taste is of dark malt with not that much complexity but the palate is great and it goes down really smooth. Definitely not the best but a good drink none the less.

On tap at Volo. Smelled of roasted malt and over-roasted coffee beans. Too bitter to enjoy the undertones to chocolate, coffee. The finish is laced by burnt caramel. Somewhat complex, but l’ll pass on it next time.

on nitro tap at volo. pours black with a notro tan head. fruity aroma with roasted malt present as well. the flavour is very stoutish with some dark fruit in there for good messure. a nice drinker.

Pint at the Victory Café. Foamy white pour (!) exudes cocoa, coffee, hops... ends a bit of roast. Smooth and almost oily. Some mineral and fruit - very honest effort!! *** some dark berry fruit also.

A clear dark brown porter with a thick silky moka head. A pleasant moka coffee aroma, a bit chalky. In mouth, a light silky chocolate with roasted coffee, powdery, light but good. On tap at Victory Café, March 22, 2009.