Lukt: Kaffe, lakris og krydder.
Utseende: Sort.
Skum/kullsyre: Lite skum.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, krydder, sjokolade og en liten alkovarmer.
Hvor: Kjøpt/Nydt@Nærbø Ølfestival 2015.
Medium: Flaske/Tapp@100ml, ABV@11,8%, Når@17.10.2015

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brooklyn Intensified Coffee Porter (by Brooklyn Brewery (Kirin Holdings)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5

17/XI/15 - 75cl bottle @ Horeca Expo (Gent) - BQE: Q3 2015 (so is that bottled or expired?) (2015-1616)

Clear brown beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of milk chocolate, caramel, hint of mocha, pretty sweet impression overall. MF: ok carbon, full body. Taste: lots of alcohol, mocha, dark chocolate, sweet malts, bit sugary, lots of caramel, some vanilla. Aftertaste: more vanilla, lots of caramel, sweet, mocha, dark chocolate, some dried fruits.

At Horeca Expo 2015, generously offered by the friendly girl at the Brooklyn booth. Light yellowish beige, moussy head over a blackish beer with hazy burgundy edges. Powerful, perfumey, enticing aroma of coffee liqueur, dark chocolate and cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon, bourbon, wet wood, blackberries, some peppery hops. Lovely, complex, indeed pretty intense onset of sweet candied fruits with dark berry sourishness, soft carbo, thick, oily, somewhat powdery mouthfeel as expected from an imperial porter, deep caramelly and lovely chocolatey maltiness, intensely bittersweet with balancing peppery hops in the finish, delicious woody tannins, a cleverly applied layer of mild but emphatic coffee bitterness and warming, bourbon-like alcohol. A delight.

Sample at GABF 09/26/2015, thanks to my sis for assistance with note-taking. Jet black color with a thick tan head that diminishes gradually. Patches of lacing. Aroma of bourbon, coffee and malt. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, roasted coffee and chocolate malt. The finish is roasty and oaky with a bourbon and coffee aftertaste. Enjoyable beer all around.

3600th review! 750 ml bottle into snifter, bottled on 6/23/2015. Pours nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, vanilla, toffee, bourbon, oak, plum, fig, and light licorice/molasses. Damn nice aromas with great complexity and balance of dark/roasted malt, coffee, dark fruit, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, vanilla, bourbon, oak, plum, fig, and light licorice/molasses. Light bourbon/oak spice and coffee bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, vanilla, bourbon, oak, plum, and fig on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt, coffee, dark fruit, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a nice roasted bitter/sweet and oak spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and lightly slick/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome barrel aged coffee porter. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt, coffee, dark fruit, and bourbon barrel flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. This had a lot of similarity in flavors to Founders KBS, but was not as big on the coffee or mouthfeel for the ABV. Still a highly enjoyable offering regardless.

750 ml caged/corked bottle poured into a Bruery tulip. BQE Q3 2015. Dark brownish black with a finger of light tan head. Aromas of roasted coffee, caramel, bourbon, a bit of chocolate. Tastes of sweet roasted coffee, bourbon and oak, caramel, dark chocolate. Medium body with a dry and slightly warm finish. Super well masked alcohol for almost 12%. Coffee forward with nicely balanced bourbon.