50 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 31.10.2010
Aroma has lots of espresso, some licorice and hints of chocolate. Flavour is also rather rich on espresso. Also some semi‐dark chocolate and hints of licorice. A bit watery but espresso notes are rather nice here.

Poured into an English pint glass from 500ml bottle (jan ’12). Very dark in colour almost black, nay off black, dark brown when held to the light (search light !). A small head which is creamy/brown/white in colour, soon gone. Good strong coffee bean/espresso aroma’s hit the nose instantly - it does what it says on the bottle for sure! It tastes of coffee, bitter sweet chocolate and roasted malts, but most definately coffee coming at you hard and fast! Only 4.2% ABV so not a chewy beer at all, quite a thin body, but this doesn’t detract from the enjoyment. a little bitter and dry aftertaste in the mouth. Not a patch on the cask version - but still an enjoyable drink.

500ml bottle. Clear darkest brown with average to huge frothy to creamy lacing tan head. Slightly roasty dark malt aroma, disguised coffee touch. Soft palate, light bodied, taste is slightly sweet dark malty, a roasty touch, decent coffee notes in the finish, minimally dry. Slightly unbalanced, I guess the coffee doesn’t really make out an improvment.

18th June 2010
Bottle. Opaque black beer, thick tan head. Fresh ground coffee nose. Slightly dry palate. Does what it says on the tin! Fresh espresso coffee. Mild minerals. Unapologetically espresso!

DØE. Black with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted light bitter finish. 100512

Bottled. A brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is dominated by roasted malt combined with coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of lotes of coffee combined with medium notes of roasted malt and caramel, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle: As black as ink with ruby spots, small creamy and lacy off-white head, small hints of tobacco and leather in the mainly roasty-fruity (almost a bit smoky) nose; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light bodied and smooth; lingering soft coffeeish-fruity finish with a nice balancing malty bitterness. Good, good.....

(bottle) Black colour with a beige and short foamy head. Roasty and slightly leathery malty aroma with notes of dark chocolate and coffee/espresso. Mildly roasty bitter flavour with a rounded level of sweetness, light bodied with a soft carbonation. Roasty malt-character, primarily with notes of dark chocolate and a touch of coffee and a tinge of leather; moderately dry and roasty bitter finish with notes of choco and coffee in the aftertaste. 24.IV.12

500ml brown bottle: My cap said best before end of Aug 09, it was consummed in July 09. Poured into my vase shaped ’Old Speckled Hen’ pint glass. I am drinking this as I review. One of the blackest beers I’ve ever had, even under a strong light source it remained black around the edges. A thin tanned head soon turned into a wisp and collar. If you don’t like coffee I doubt you’ll have bought this because the name gives away what it is all about. Rich coffee bean aroma and a dry, unsweetened coffee bean taste was as far as I got really. The coffee flavours are so overpowering nothing else can get through. The label suggests it is ideal after a meal, can’t argue against that, wish I’d read the label before opening the bottle, I’m eating later. The richness in the smell and initial taste doesn’t last through the mouthfeel. It isn’t weak or watery in any way, but it isn’t a cappuccino either. I suppose it does give you a sharp lift like a real Expresso can at times, but it wasn’t ’My Cup of Tea’. Interesting and it doesn’t pretend to be anything but a coffee tasting beer, which it certainly is.

Bottle. Dark brown with big beige head. Aroma is malt, light roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is malt, roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, espresso, medium bitter, hops, little sweet and a little watery.