Can split at Lords, day 2 of ENG vs IRE test, picked up in Newry 02/06/23. Pitch black with a tan cap that dissipates over time. Nose is dark malts, charr, coffee bean, chocolate, light roast. Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, ashen nip, brown sugar scattering, coffee grinds, milk chocolate, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent coffee stout.

Can shared at Lords cricket match Ireland test day 2. An opaque jet black brown coloured pour with a fading swirl if dark tan head. Aroma is nice sweet coffee. Milky roast, jammy berries, woody roast, some alcohol. Flavour is composed of rounded, light tangy roast, ashy roast, robust roasted barley.. Palate is tangy, moderate carbonation, oily.

0.44 l can from ''t Biermenneke', best before October 2023. Black with a thin, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, fairly roasty aroma of massive coffee beans, dark chocolate and toasted hazelnut. Quite sweet, malty, rather roasty taste of lots of coffee beans, dark chocolate, toasted hazelnut and some licorice, followed by a medium long, quite roasty-bitter finish. Medium to full body, smooth and slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Tasty coffee stout, very well-brewed.