8.8

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

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Opaque, Pitch-Black Color, Small Mocha Color Head, Short Retention, Thin Wide Drip Rings of Lacing. Strong Coffee Aroma With Softer Chocolate and Whiskey Notes. Sweet. Sugary, Coffee, Chocolate, Mellow Warming Smooth Booze. Sweet, Sugary, Chocolate, Lasting Coffee and Warming Booze Sting Aftertaste. Smooth And Easy Going. Not Sure What It Would Have Been Fresh... Bought It Without Realizing It Is Already 5 years Old. Aged Well. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

(Draft at Akkurat, Stockholm, 23 April 2025. Vintage 2018) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, molasses, dark bread and a touch of alcohol. Malty, roasted taste with black coffee, dark chocolate, dark bread and a generous coffee bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Rich and powerful. Fairly straigth-forward, with loads of black coffee. Great beer!

7

Bottled. Pours dark brown. Espresso us strong. Dark chocolate malts. Burn. Ok but I prefer the regular.

8.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Pours black with a beige head. Nose is sweet booze, molasses, dark chocolate and huge, somewhat acidic and earthy coffee. Taste is sweet booze and chocolate, light dark malts and obviously a huge coffee kick. Light bitterness, heavy but not overwhelming sweetness. Closes with bourbon and coffee notes, has a medium to full body and soft carbonation. Nothing we havent seen before, but pretty solid nevertheless.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Dark brown, with a small wisp of a head. Aroma is very, very strong coffee, Taste is also mostly sweet coffee. Extremely tasty.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Five variant KBS vertical) Poured from 355mL bottle (bottled 10.21.20 - 12%). Very dark brown with small beige head. Coffee bean forward, mild chocolate, loses a bit of the body of original KBS, but still a solid base.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark brown. Not much head. Lots of espresso, somewhat green, but also big. Good body, nice sweetness, big roast, and this finishes with a chocolate, coffee note. Good.

7

Thanks, Ryan!
CBS: 8☆4☆8☆4☆15》39
KBS Original: 7☆4☆7☆3☆14》37
KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge: 8☆4☆8☆4☆15》39
KBS Espresso: 8☆4☆8☆3☆15》38
KBS Double Oaked: 8☆4☆8☆4☆15》39

7.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Black with a short tan head. Aroma of coffee and ciggies. Flavour is full coffee, burnt malt, ash on a sweetish burnt finish.

8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

S: pitted fruit - roasted coffee - burnt sugars A: dark brown body - oily thin head T: licorice - alcohol - whiskey P: anise - earthy grain - vanilla finish O: tobacco - rich malts throughout - nice coffee notes - great to sample Michigan beer on Lions NFC North win (and Red Wings fourth straight victory) 12 ounce bottle - Whole Foods (grocery): Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia - 20-December-2019 - US$3,00 - bottled: 13-November-2019 - sampled: 05-January-2025 when it's finally snowing here in Washington, just over five years after bottling and purchase