4 oz. sample, on tap at the brewpub. Consumed on 7-31-08. I’m pretty sure this was nitrogenated. Dark brown with creamy taupe head. Looks like root beer. Nice lacing. Coffee with cream, sugar, and hazelnut in the aroma. Taste is sweet with coffee-bitter finish. Milk chocolate and mocha flavors. Lightly bitter aftertaste. Light body. Typically under-"carbonated." Too light and fluffy for my palate, as is typical of nitros.

Tap @ Blind Tiger. Pours as you would expect - deep brown to black with a cream-colored head. Aroma is enticing, with slight roasted malt and barely-detectable coffee. Taste is the same - the beer remains smooth throughout even though it’s not very complex and the flavors are not as strong as they otherwise could be. Just solid, nothing more.

On (nitro) tap at SPH. Pours black with an inch thick light tan head that of course persists. Aroma mostly of coffee and roasted malt, some light chocolate in there. Flavor of the same sweet roasted malt, some bitter hops. Weak palate, not very flavorful. Ugh, didn’t really care for this and I think the nitro made it worse.

On tap (nitro) at the Publick House. Standard nitro appearance. Very restrained, mellow coffee aroma. Pretty much that’s all there is in the flavor as well. Weak, watery, almost laughable body. Ok to slug down, but doesn’t cut it beyond that.

On draft @ Capones with Mad indian. Pours dark with a small off-white head. Aroma of roast, earth, and sligth chocolate. The flavor is roasted, earth, slight chocolate, and watery. Thin bodied, less watery and more malts needed.