6.8

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

33cl bottle from Lauvas alus webshop. Pours black with a tanned head. Aroma of roasted malt, fresh coffee, dark fruits, chocolate and hints of spices. Moderate sweet with nice and refreshing coffee flavour. Balanced and quite enjoyable.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Jet black colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Intense coffee aroma, roasty, dark malty background, notes of mocha, roasted coffee beans. some dark chocolate. Taste is sweet-ish, dark malty, slightly roasty, notes of coffee, sugared coffee, mocha, hints of chocolate, chocolate cookies, coffee flavoured chocolate, hoppy counterpart provokes a touch of Coke in the finish. Slightly creamy-oily texture, slightly (too) prickly carbonation. Very nice.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 330ml. @ home.

[ As V1 Black Monday ].
ABV: 5.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, oat. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, coffee, chocolate, dark malt, oat, caramel, light lactose - milk chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20200417]
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7

33cl bottle. A black beer with a tan lacing. Aroma of sweet dark chocolate malt, caramel, coffee. Taste of sweet chocolate malt, caramel, coffee, lacto. Nice!

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

27/12/2019. Bottle from Lauvas Alus, Riga. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate, light roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, dried fruit, nut and lactose with very light spiced notes. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, milky texture, average carbonation. Not a bad light easy drinking stout.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

0.33 ml bottle. Smell- weak, bit to medium, coffee, smoke, dark chocolate. Foam- medium thick, soft, bit creamy, some dark chocolate, coffee and moka tones. Medium, dark, brown, orange coffee foam color foam. Appearance- black, as black as it goes, but probably dark brown. Taste- weak sweetness, some coffee, some faint chocolate notes, still quite light, some caramel in background. I am used to this kind of beers to have some more alcohol, but this dont, still decent, kind of, but nothing what really would wow me, maybe bit more alcohol would benefit it, but as it is now it is more to easy drinking side what may be different market.

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Tap at Miezis. Pours black. Aroma and flavor are coffee, roast, beans, lactose. Overall: drinkable.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Backlog. Had it in Riga @ some bar during Riga Pours Festival weekend. Poured pretty much black in color. Sure is coffee in this one, quite smooth, mocha with some roastedness. Lightish body, coffee. Abrupt finish.

6

Coffee, milky, sweet