Draft at Blue Cat Brew Pub. Poured a dark brown color with a one finger creamy tan head. Aroma was coffee, definitely coffee, chocolate malts, like fresh smelling chocolate. Flavor is fresh coffee, chocolate malts, bitter and sweet. Enjoyed this a lot!

Sampled from the tap at the 2010 GTMW. Poured black with a brown head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma was full of dry coffee with a backing roasted malt note. Flavor was similar with strong dry coffee with underlying roasted malts. The finish was quite dry.

New rating from draft sampler at Blue Cat, Aug. 2011. Brownish black with brown head. Smell is all espresso roast coffee, which you need to be in the mood for. Low carbonation push gives it a bit of smooth oatmeal stout texture. Chocolate and coffee taste, with coffee bitterness, yet nice and smooth. Sample #11 at GTMW, 2009. Original rating: 7-4-7-4-14+3.6. Deep burnt coffee flavor married to a little bit of chocolate. It’s hard to get this beer to stand up right after I’ve had the America’s Double BB Cherry Imperial Stout. Look is a solid brown, thin head. Taste has definite overdone coffee notes, but right now, I think that’s a good thing. Beer really doesn’t linger on the tongue. I wonder what the deal is with all the coffee beers in the Quad Cities.