 angrypirate06 (678), Texas, USA
Mar 24, 2009 Pours a thick, dark black color with a foamy, dark brown large head. Excellent lacing. Notes of espresso and toasted malts, with a hint of bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel. Tastes are coffee and bitter chocolate taste with a long lasting duration.
sjolles85 (77), Tampa, Florida, USA
Mar 24, 2009 Black pour nice creamy head. rich malty chocolate coffee flavor. Dont let the stout fool you. This beer is hoppy. Lots of that hoppy funk in this one. One of my new favs.
mspindler (301), Alta Loma, California, USA
Mar 23, 2009 Bottle from Lone Hill shared with DuffmanSW. Pours a light-absorbing pitch black with one of the darkest brown heads Ive ever seen, lots of lacing and retention. Aroma is the standard coffe and chocolate with a dark fruity sweetness and some earth. Dark fruit stands out more as it warms. Flavor is roasty, coffee, dark chocolate, molasses, with a smooth bitterness throughout and a somewhat dry finish. Perfectly silky and full bodied with creamy carbonation. This one was the winner of the night.
soccer290 (135), Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Mar 23, 2009 12 oz bottle. Another beer on the rating quest. Pours a jet black with a chocolate brown small head that disappates quickly. Smells of lots of chocolate, a bit of coffee, some malt, and a little toffee. Tastes of chocolate, caramel malt, some toffee, and no coffee (a little disappointing). Also a hint of black licorice (which I do not like). Very smooth going down, and leaves a roasty chocolate feeling in your mouth. A great stout, though if you think this is good, try the oak aged, which is greatly better.
thefrutigers (100), , Arizona, USA
Mar 21, 2009 bottle 12oz: Poured deep black with a small dark brown head. Smell of roasty toasty malt and licorice and slight spice and some smoke. Taste was roasted malts slightly sweet with a nice bitter touch and a slighty smoky flavor. Thick mouth feel. Overall I liked this better than the Oaked version (apparently oaked beer ain’t my thing). Great brew.
unclemike (834), Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA
Mar 17, 2009 22oz bomber poured into a snifter. Pour is opaque black, and very thick. There’s a small brown head of thick, large bubbles and it dissipates quite quickly. Aroma is as thick as the beer - dark roasted malts with chocolatey notes with a touch of resinous hops. Take a drink and it’s just as thick as you’d expect it to be with tastes of roasted malts and coffee that finishes with a nice hop bitterness. Pretty well balanced with the caramelized sweetness of the malts offset by the hops. Very good beer
keepersj12 (774), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
Mar 12, 2009 Dark brown almost black out of the bottle. Beautiful aroma of dried fruit malt with a bit of earthiness. Flavor was nicely sweet chocolate, malts. Dry hop finish. Alcohol is well hidden. One of the best.
gpekar (221), Maryland, USA
Mar 10, 2009 Poured a thick black color with a tall, creamy, foamy brown head that left a good deal of lacing. The aroma was like a glass of chocolate milk, but not too strong. The aroma was the only less than stellar thing aboutt his beer. There was a strong flavor throughout the glass. Initially there was a lightly sweet chocolate flavor that rolled into a strong espresso flavor with a hint of alcohol coming through the flavor. The finish had a somewhat bitter bite from the hops and the strong flavor. The finish lasted a good long time. Excellent beer!!!!!!!
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