 TheCaptain (555), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 21, 2008 Fresh from the brewery in Frederick MD- Poured a black coffee with nice foam ruddy tan head & lacing. Mild Coffee, chocolate, roasted aroma quality with this carrying into the pallet. It has some mellow bitterness which evens it out, giving it a pleasant taste.
The malt fills the pallet, relaxing. Picked up a growler of this even though I live about an hour and forty five away from the brewery!
BrianDorry55 (117), Spring Hill, Florida, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 20, 2008 Aroma of burnt coffee and chocolate. Pours black with a thin brown head, awesome bottle design is a plus and great for my collection. Flavor is smoky, roasted black coffee, chocolate, not too strong liquor. Easy on the palate for this dark of a beer...leaves that nice smoky, warm feel on the tounge. Overall this beer has great flavor and easy to drink for being so dark..."Good Beer, No Shit."
BrewCzar (108), St Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 20, 2008 Bottle pours dark brown almost black with a small light brown head. Aromas of sweet dark dried fruits, cherry, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet smoke, berries, roasted malts, oak, slight chocolate, with a touch of bitter hops to finish it off.
abcfan (247), New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 20, 2008 Very nice brew. Poured black with a nice brown foamy head. Chocolate and espresso aromas dominate up front. Nice burnt coffee taste, with a oily feel in the mouth. Nice bitter finish. Would drink again.
FunkyBrewster (486), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 20, 2008 Pours a dark brown black with a nice thick light brown froth. Looks a lot like espresso. Aroma is mostly chocolate and coffee/espresso. A bit of hop but also licorice and a tiny bit of dark fruit. Flavor is very coffee and dark fruit oriented. Nice bitter chocolate finish that lingers and warms. Full bodied and sticky in the mouth feel, this is a great cooler weather sipper, though I am drinking it on a 90 degree day, I couldn’t resist.
austone (1039), Turku; Pori, Finland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 20, 2008 Black w/ small brown head. Burned malty nose, nice hops, liquorice, a bit syrupy. Quite intense, syrupy malty flavor, quite strong liquorice and hops. Medium bodied, sticky mouthfeel. I only had a few sips in hurry, but there was still some complexity missing here.
mmmbeer (752), Austin, Texas, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 17, 2008 12 oz. bottle purchased from B&B in Grand Rapids, MI, ’07 vintage poured into trappist glass- poured non-transparent black, light brown head bubbled away slowly with whisps on top and some lacing, high-low carbonation. Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts, and some mild cherry note. Hits the mouth with a hard medium body, malt comes in and goes wild in your mouth, some gritty stickiness as you sip more, some hops in the finish but it just makes it that more good! Great brew!!!
Nik925 (305), California, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 3/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 15, 2008 Poured thick, no head at all, awesome aftertaste of chocolate and vanilla, but its good upfront. Was not expecting it to be this hopped. Great burnt malt. great hop. I don’t want champagne but this could use a bit more carb.
Also, found this cheap/mispriced at the bottle shop, best $1.59 beer I’ve ever had.
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