Comes out of the tap a rich, opaque chocolaty brown, almost black, with a thick and fine-bubbled dark tan head. Aroma is quite strong, like roast coffee with a strong chocolate undertone. Mouth-filling flavor has strong coffee and chocolate components along with nutty and smoky hints and a molasses undertone. Texture is thick and smooth. A must for all dark beer fanatics!

Black with a mocha head. Aroma is roasty with chocolate, and caramel. Taste is roasty, chocolate, caramel, and very roasty if I haven’t said that already.

<i>On tap at the Tap and Mallet &#40;Rochester&#41;, graciously shared by Lubiere. AU15/08.</i><br /><br /> <b>App.</b>: Black with remnants of a tan head. <b>Aroma</b>: Lots of C-hops, a bit of dark malt, some coffee and dark chocolate, quite a lot of pine and grapefruit. <b>Palate</b>: Medium+ body, fairly full carbonation. <b>Flav.</b>: Lots more C-hops, some malt but less than the nose, kinda fruity, dry with good bitterness.<br /><br /> An enjoyable twist on the normal BB.

Brown-black with a very creamy brown head. Strong aroma of hops and to a lesser extent roasty malt. Taste is extremely bitter, as the name &#40;which I did not know at the time of tasting&#41; now suggests. It’s like a black IIPA with an underlying sweetness that borders on cloying. $6.5/pint

2008 version. Tasty. Cola-colored brew with a khaki top. Roasty malts give way to a citrus hop character. Tetter-totters between roasty porter and a heavy pale ale; close your eyes and every other sip will seem to be one of the two styles. Hoppy schwarz/porter.