Schwarzes Bier mit schöner bräunlichen Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, Espresso, Schokolade. Geschmack sehr röstmalzig, angenehm cremig, schokoladig, Espresso.

Some roast malt and espresso here. Pours dark brown with orange tinge - little head or lacing. Low carbonation. Finishes with light sweetness and light bitterness. Medium to light palate. Bottle.

A dark stout, viscous in appearance, with a very thin brown head. In aroma, a light chocolate malt with light dark fruits. In mouth, a nice stout with coffee grinds, fruit acidity, peated notes, a bit light but overall quite nice.

330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of watered down espresso beans and not much else - pretty monolithically coffee-like. Flavour is very similar, bringing out pleasant espresso notes, but they seemed watered down a bit, mixed with a bit of a rubbery quality. Fairly thin, watery palate, but decent enough flavours and mouthfeel - just leaves a bit to be desired. Decent.

330 ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with medium brown head that dissipates quickly. Aromas of rich dark coffee and a hint of dark chocolate. Flavors of watery strong coffee (where’s the malts?) and cocoa powder. A light coffee flavored stout.

Draught at REAL A Gastropub, Honolulu, HI
Black color, with beige creamy head. Mild aroma of roasted malts, with light sourness, light wood/timber. The mouthfeel is smooth, the roasted malt flavor is mild, with moderate sourness; the bitterness level is between fair and low. Balanced.
Not a favorite style of mine, but surely very well brewed.
Earlier Rating: 1/11/2009 Total Score: 3.8
2009-04-04, "Mange, c’est de la bière!" at the brewery, 6-3-7-3-13=32
Black color; small head quickly disappearing. Nice, delicate coffee aroma. Weaker body than expected, powerful roasted malt flavor and coffee, more evident at the end. Quite strong bitterness.

2008-11-18, courtesy of Philippe (Bov), 7-4-8-3-16=38
Black color; medium, creamy head. The name is a promise: from the aroma to the flavor there is a very nice coffee character, never obsessively burnt, mildly roasted as the Italian label (Espresso) that it bears; the body is thinner that expected after 7.5% ABV, almost dry at the end; there is light liquorice in the aroma and a very light creamy mouthfeel. The more I drink of it, the more I like. Very good.

Bottle. Pours with a mostly clear, quite dark, wooden brown body with a tan head atop. Aroma from a distance of brown sugar, molasses and coffee. On closer inspection: birch bark, light licorice, medium roast, medium coffee, sour, dark currants, earthy, nutty, hazelnuts. Flavors are malty and sweet. A bit tin like. Strong hazelnut. Medium coffee, light roasty smokey quality. Licorice. A touch thin on body, medium carbonation. No warming for 7.2%. Light tobacco finish. Decent, and probably a touch better than the score prescribes.

11. 2 oz. bottle from Julio’s Liquors, REAL hefty price at $7.99 but I like coffee stouts so…. Why not? Served at cellar temp. The snifter showed real deep brown color with slight beige head. Decent head retention. Underwhelming nose. Light coffee and real light chocolate. Both weak. Flavor is bitter with tobacco, roasted barley and organic coffee notes. More organic coffee in a long finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Nothing about this made me think I was drinking an Imperial and for the price, I feel like I was cheated. No problems here, some good flavors but I was expecting MUCH more.