From Sept 2008

I had this at the 12th annual Parkway River Fall Festival, on tap.

It poured a hazy reddish brown with a small head of foam.

The smell was of coffee and some fruitiness. A little light on the nose but good.

The taste overwhelmed me with the coffee. Seriously, with the first few sips, I could taste nothing else. As it warmed up a bit, I did get some earthy and fruity tones but the coffee dominated everything at every stage.

Medium bodied and medium carbonated, it finished with a bitter coffee flavour that left a short aftertaste. By the time my glass was empty, I knew that a "refill" was not in order. 1 was enough. Someone else here said it reminded him of iced coffee and I totally concur.

Bottom line: If you're a fan of coffee, this one should please you as it doesn't get more coffee-like than this. For me, it was kind of over the top with coffee and I didn't find it all that drinkable. YMMV.

12oz bottle at the Christmas party, 2013
Dark brown with a beige head and good lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. Flavors of roasted, chocolate, roast coffee and resin
Nice

Bottle. Sweet nutty coffee, and light buttery caramel aroma. Clear chestnut with a small beige head. Flavor pretty much the same as the nose - sweet nutty coffee and buttery caramel. Light body, soft carbonation.

12oz bottle. Amber-brown, filtered, garnet body. Steady off-white head. A lemon coffee beer, huh. The medium body is decent enough, but the in yoru face artificial flavors are kind of off putting. Tastes like a pretty good, easy going coffee beer that got spiked by a little lemon flavoring...which of course heavily detracts. Someone should really ban NG from the flavor additives for awhile...this is another beer unfortunately tweaked, but not into oblivion..still enjoyable...grew on me a lot.

Location: 12 oz bottle from a Spec's, 9/24/13

Aroma: The aroma is a mix of coffee and toffee malts with some lemon zest
Appearance: It pours a reddish-brown color with a tan-brown head and average lace
Flavor: Flavor-wise, the mix is the same, it is malty, with some coffee, and lemon too
Palate: The body is light-medium, not watery at all, and it has a decent overall feel
Overall Impression: This one delivers what is describes in the description. It doesn't sound like it would work well at all, but it kind of does. Odd and interesting. Worth trying too, just not necessarily 100% my cup of tea...

12 oz bottle from the Folly Pack, thanks brenn79. Aroma is doughy, coffee, bread, chocolate. Pours clear mahogany with a medium off-white head with good retention. Taste is sweet with a hint of tartness, finishing lightly bitter. Flavors of coffee, vanilla. Mouthfeel is creamy, body fairly thin. I remember rating this with a Facebook app back when it first came out in 2008 before I joined Ratebeer. Good brew, I’m glad they brought it back.

12 ounce bottle from a Kroger, Folly Pack. Pours a deep copper color, clear, with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of coffee, toffee and mild earthy hops. The taste is coffee, dark fruits, mild caramel. very mild hops in the finish. Thin-medium bodied. Interesting.

Pours a clear dark ruby - moderate lace - nose of earthy, caramelized sugars, vanilla, oily coffee bean, lightly tangy lemon - flavor is medium sweet toffee up front, followed by moderate coffee bean, earthiness/mushroom, a touch of smoke - lemon peal is hardly noticeable - finish of toasty malt and light coffee - a strange combo - not bad, but it doesn’t all work as well together as it could.

Pours deep, dark copper-brown with a thick, off-white/tan head. Light coffee and cream aroma. Flavour is lightly esspressoed, creamy, malty. Slight lemony hint towards finish...a little throat sting. Like a very light porter....very tasty, though.... liked this one a lot.