Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, nuts, coffee, a touch of hops and a strong amount of oatmeal. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong assertive roasted malt flavour with nuts, caramel and a small amount of coffee flavouring at the end. Aftertaste shows a rather bitter nutty beer with a lactic taste, plenty of roasted oatmeal and some light coffee scents. Overall, a good beer - strong, but not overly bitter - the coffee comes out well and is the leading characteristic, but doesn’t overpower the other stuff. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia on 02-October-2009 sampled in Washington on 17-October-2009.

Bomber. Pours a leathery dark brown with a slow rising, but fairly large tan head. It’s sticking around for a while from the looks of things and there is some nice sudsy lacing clinging to the side of the glass where it has receded. Aromas are pretty weak... I was expecting a blast of coffee and chocolate, and instead I’ve found a hodgepodge of hops smells. A bit of pine and pineapple, but it’s pretty faint. I guess that there is a bit of chocolate there, but this was not the start that I was looking for. Flavor is much more predictable and right off the bat I find myself enjoying the oatmeal flavors. They lend an interesting counterbalance to the brusque coffee flavor (although this flavor seems a little stale... like old gas station coffee more than premium overpriced \"venti\" coffee.) There’s an nice play between the sweet and creamy chocolate and oatmeal front to this and the more edgy finish from the coffee. Not bad stuff...

Just sampled some of this tonight at Shorty’s in NYC. A really tasty brew. Highly robust, with a deep coffee flavor. Coffee reigns, in the nose, the taste and in the aftertaste. Each is somewhat unique, though, and the overall experience is quite complex. I also detected notes of caramel and chocolate, as is to be expected. A good bit malty. Very savory.