Medium strength (traditionally speaking) stout with coffee from this industrious microbrewery in Wachtebeke near Ghent, bottle from De Hopduvel. Medium thick, regularly shaped, creamy, pale yellowish beige, stable head only very slowly showing gaps here and there; very dark chocolate brown robe, as good as black, with hazy mahogany-ochre edges. Aroma of black 'fondant' chocolate soaked in water, sourish damp tree leaves on a forest floor, old wrinkled apple, moldy nut shells, raisins, mud, caramel candy, old sweat, nutmeg, wet leather. Sweetish onset but restrainedly so, deep sourishness underlying and being quite obvious - if not obnoxious, a dull and damp kind of sourness like sweaty leather; notes of old raisins, dried blackberries, dried apple peel and unripe pear on top, medium carbonated, slick and notably soapy mouthfeel, congruent with what one would expect from a stout of this strength. Diluted milk chocolate mingles with nut shell maltiness, soggy toast-bitterish but sweetish in its core; feels a tad 'dirty' and 'muddy' in the end, with a very earthy 'old coffee grounds' effect, as in coffee that has been standing out in open air for a few days. Spicy-leafy-earthy hop notes and nutmeg-like phenols are added with the first lending a soft background bitterness to the whole, but it is still that underlying sourishness which keeps bothering me a bit - granted, any stout has a basic sourishness to it, but here it feels as if the 'dark maltiness' is a bit too thin to counter it. Ends a bit 'dirty' but still with a coffee grounds-spiciness (more than aromatic coffee qualities). Quite alright, in all, bit dirty and thin, but Broers are basically on the right track here, just needs more 'oomph' and more finetuning of the different ingredients. More or less what I was expecting, based on previous experiences with this brewery.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Broers Ross Koffie Stout (by Brouwerij Broers):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5

15/III/19 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: XII/2020 - (2019-383)
Pretty clear purple brown beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of coffee, mocha, some vanilla, green coffee beans. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty bitter, roasted, coffee indeed, rather acidic, some vanilla, dry. Aftertaste: lots of coffee, caramel notes, hint of vanilla, bit sourish, more green coffee, bit metallic.

27 January 2019. At Goeste Festival, Ghent. Shared with Anke! Pours hazy black with a lasting, thin, frothy, beige head; little lacing. Aroma of coffee roast, coffee pad, toast, 'basic' fondant, earth, wet leaves, chestnut, chocolate cake. Taste is light malty sweet, quite nutty, chestnut & walnut with a hint of dark chocolate; light to medium roasted bitter then with 'basic' coffee & an earthy note, vague sourish blackcurrant in the back. Dryish, toasty, herbal hoppy finish, lingering coffee (pad), some chocolate powder. Light to medium body (at best), watery texture, soft carbonation. Rather short & too basic, bland palate... Needs some steroids!