 Indra (1845), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Oct 30, 2007
Bottled version. Hugely roasty malt aroma, big coffee in the nose, along with some rich chocolate, "butternut" and a faint alcoholic presence. Packs quite a punch. Opaque ebony color with a fading dark tan head, not much lacing to speak of. Flavor is purely roasted malts, coffee and cocoa, dusty and lightly sweet, bittersweet, then drying out substantially towards the finish. A good bit of coffee throughout, here. Mouthfeel is actually a little thin, body is medium-full. Comparatively speaking, this is a really good coffee stout.
southamptonsam (51), New York, USA
Oct 10, 2008 Great nose, beautiful head. Kept getting more and more flavorful. Too bad I only had one. Becoming a real fan of Danish beer.
cab (760), Denmark
Oct 9, 2008 Bottle. Old rating. Simply divine flavors in this brew... it is loaded with coffee and chocolate, roastiness and dark fruit with a smooth lingering roasty bitter finish.
ilovedarkbeer (766), Dallas, Texas, USA
Oct 8, 2008 Bottle thanks to BMan113VR via zathrus13. Black brown pour with a bubbly head. Nose is coffee, earth, and roasted malt. Very dark and earthy but hard to pin down. Top soil? Taste is just a roasted but controlled coffee bomb and chocolate. Great stout. A caged tiger that could easily be turned loose to make a vicious impy stout.
Bov (4659), Bienne, Switzerland
Oct 7, 2008 thanks to Julien Allen for this one! - pours a dark black colour under a solid creamy dark beige foam; beautiful lacing; deep aroma of black chocolate, cocoa powder and tobacco; a touch of gentian and fairly roasted; good malt body with a moderate and subtle carbonation; very dry and bitter; long dry aftertaste of espresso, tobacco and milk chocolate - beautiful
BMan1113VR (925), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Oct 7, 2008 Bottle thanks to zathrus13. Did not have at breakfast...sadly.... Pour inky with a large, dark brown, creamy tight head with a black body with decent lacing and good retention. Aroma is over very fresh coffee, oatmeal cookie, flowers, chocolate, brown sugar and overall smells dark. Taste is fresh coffee roast, chocolatey with no alcohol at all. Deecently smokey. Nothing spectacular, but a good stout. Smooth mouthfeel, light bubbles.
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