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

Bottle. A- Cocoa, roasty, subtle coffee. A- Black color, black liquid, light brown head. T- Roasty, cocoa, dry, coffee. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- Not half the coffee I think should be in there. In fact, it was very weak. Tasted good, but needs more if you’re going to headline it being a Sumatra coffee beer.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Pepsi - thanks! Pours opaque black, medium creamy brown head, dissipates slowly with nice lacing. Aroma is roasted malts and coffee, something a bit off going on. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, coffee, ashtray. Medium body. Not bad, despite the odd smell.

Good stout from IA

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Thanks to Aaron for the pour - headless, looks like cola - smells like vodka, coffee and tootsie rolls - taste is a bit better - bitter dark malts and moderate coffee - a bit of ashy character - alcohol in the finish, as well as some moderate chocolate - surprising alcohol burn for the abv.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle @ Dan’s house. Deep brown/black appearance with a small, light brown head. Roasty, dark chocolate, coffee, light vanilla, a bit charred aroma. A little light bodied, roasty, charred malty, dark chocolate, espresso flavor. Pretty roasty flavor. Not bad.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

$4.99 for a 22 oz. bottle at HyVee, Newton, IA. Pours deep brown with a fizzy but short-lived brown head. Smell of light coffee and stout roast malts, a little bit of warm alcohol. Taste is a somewhat light dry stout, with a slightly bitter coffee finish. Basic fizzy beer carbonation, but this works well with it. Slight note of staled stout behind it. Coffee is present, basically rounds out the palate rather than overruning it. And thus the odd desire to keep a coffee stout in the portfolio expands, from every brewer in the Quad Cities out to Newton. All using local coffee roasters, too. How does this happen? Enquiring minds may find out one day.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to Ed. Pours a pure black color with a medium white head. The aroma is sweet roasted coffee. The flavor comes across as a rich milky coffee with some smoke and a big roast. Balanced by the sweetness and roast. Enjoyable.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared by Ed, thanks
Appearance: Black with a small beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Roasted malts, coffee and chocolate
Taste: Roasted malts and roasted coffee
Decent