 after4ever (2776), Brier, Washington, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 6, 2009
12. Another 60 cents an ounce release in a schmancy black and gold bottle with a triangle on it. Again, maybe not quite worthy of these prices, but certainly a very fine beer. Pours a flat matte black with a loose, sudsy dark tan head that leaves webs of stringy lace on the way down the sides of the glass. Nice big roasty kona coffee nose. I’ve always found kona coffee to be just a curiosity as coffees go, rather than a real satisfaction, but that sweet nuttiness is just working in concert with other things here, rather than trying to convince you it’s a satisfying cup of coffee, so, here, it’s pretty freakin’ awesome. There’s actually even a bit of char underneath here. The body shows some medium depth, with just the softest, cottoniest carb. There’s toasty coconut, there’s roast and char, there’s sweet nutty coffee. It’s rich and decadent and delicious. Good stuff.
LilBeerDoctor (1508), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted nuts, coffee, bitter roasted malt, and a touch of coconut too. Flavor of sweet roasted malt, residual sugars and lactose initially with a bitter roasted malt finish. Pretty tasty and quite drinkable. This one lived up to my expectations.
8/4/8/4/15 [3.9/5]
nimbleprop (922), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 12oz bottle sampled at the DC Local tasting. Pours a watery, opaque black with a creamy tan head. Aroma is big on the coffee, spicy, earthy. Flavor is sweet, caramel, coffee, nuts. If there’s a coconut flavor in there then it’s extremely light. Sweet finish, medium bodied. Well balanced.
argo0 (6945), Washington DC, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 12oz bottle, thanks ygtbsm94. Small tan head atop brown-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, toasted coconut, some milk chocolate, coffee. Taste is moderately sweet, coffee, some m ilk chocolate, coconut. Medium-full body.
zathrus13 (1305), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Bottle, Pours dark brown, with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt, and chocolate, with some coconut and nuts. Flavor is coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, alcohol, and coconut. Nice creamy palate. Very good.
jcwattsrugger (5528), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 12oz bottle @Pauls Gathering Thanks MaxxDaddy-pours a light brown ring for a head and black color. Aroma is espresso, earthy. Taste is smooth chocolate/roasty/espresso, secondary earthy hops.
mastabass666 (39), California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 coffee and roasted malt dominates aroma. all three featured ingredients really shine through in different stages of the beer, particularly the macadamia, which lends a silky, creamy, nutty element in the finish.
brewblackhole (1383), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 Aroma was charred wood,and coffee bean, and that dominated,flavor was pretty much the same,no one in our group picked up any coconut,maybe a touch of some kind of nut, but otherwise this is simply a pleasing coffee porter
sliffy (2012), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Pours black with a tan head. Aroma, nutty coffee, chocolate, roasty. Flavor, roasted coffee, some chocolate, toffee, sweet roasty finish.
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