6

Vesine, röst, kohvi, tuhatoos, kerge kala vms kõrvalmaitse. Ok.

7

Roast, grainy, mild hops, bready

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Handpump at Gentle Boozers. Toasted spice cookie nose. Opaque darkest brown, brown cream. Lovely roast. Medium light, pumped foamy mouthfeel. Creamy coffee, milk and roast, feels a lot more substantial than what it says on the box. I had the excellent coffee porter before, but even without flavoring they can make a world class beer.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

can bb6/22 scura schiuma media non molto persistente caffe tostato cioccolato non molto corpo una nota terrosa amaro medio finale lieve liquirizia poco gasata3.2 Cask scura schiuma persistenza piacevoli tostoture cioccolato w legfero amaro3.5

7

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

There's literally an explosion as the thinnest whiff of air enters the can. A fountain of beer is launched in the air. What i'm left with in the glass is about 1/3 of the can content. The beer was surprisingly flawless for such huge gushing, so i will score it regardless of the event, except for appearance, where i can't give more than 1. I paid for 440ml, not for 150. Black colour with a quite big, frothy white head. Good retention and nice lacing. A clean and simple but nicely vivid aroma of roasted malts with coffee/coffee grains notes, plus light vanilla and a hint of something fresh on the back of things (i could maybe describe it as half mineral/half balsamic). Taste notes follow the aroma. It's a very classic and simple interpretation of the dry stout style, with excellent sweet/bitter balance in the mouth, a hint of dark malts acidity and firm (but not too strong) dry bitterness in finish and aftertaste. Light body with average carbonation (surely a bit higher than style standard and maybe related to the gushing problem), still resulting in a quite classic easy, semi-smooth mouthfeel. Nice true to style interpretation; could have scored higher without the gushing. Update, may 2024: opened with a lot of caution.... Everything fine with this one. Notes are a perfect replica of the previous review, even carbonation wise. Taking appearance rating back to normal.