7.5

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

(Bottle) Black colour with brief, foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of espresso coffee, liquorice, cacao, dried fruit, black rye bread, green peppers and orange peel. Malty, roasted taste with strong black sweet coffee, dark chocolate, cacao, dried fruit, sweet liquorice, black rye bread, orange peel and a balanced cacao bitterness in a warming and vinous finish. Almost full body, quite sweet. Tasty and warming, but hardly balanced. Distinct sweet coffee character. Nice one.

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7.4

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

Breakfast beer split in the Fart Dungeon, SF, thanks to Viktor 29/01/16. Black topped with a dirty tan covering. Nose is big on coffee grinds, peppery spice, wooded notes, chocolate, dark malts. Taste comprises chocolate, spice, less intense coffee than the nose, dark roast, toffee fudge. Full bodied, oily viscous feel,, sweet close with a rising boost level. Not at all bad.

6.9

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

Bottle shared in SF - many thanks to big Vik. Pours deep brown with a foamy off-white head. The nose holds hard ashy roast, baking cocoa, burnt wood. Heavy sweet flavor, lots of thick ashy roasted malts, bitter chocolate, scorched earth. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Cloying sweetness in the finish, more harsh ash, sugary chocolate, dark fruits. Novel, but only enjoyable in small doses.

7.6

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

330 ml bottle. Pours black with very little head. Aromas of fresh black coffee, ash, molasses and alcohol. Flavors of kahlua, vanilla extract, burnt malts and alcohol. Good but a bit of a burn.

6.4

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

9th October 2014
Thanks to Plovmand. Cheers Tom! Opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Palate is viscous and dry. Modest fine carbonation. Strong earthy coffee, very strong espresso. Tangy coffee. Dry earthy coffee finish, coffee lingers on. Pretty full on! An experience!

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled, from Systembolaget. Perfectly black, no head. Peppery nose with paprika and coffee. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Completely dominated by coffee and paprika. Warming finish. A novelty, but not much more.

5.8

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

Bottle. Opaque black liquid with medium tan head. Aroma of coffee, coffee, espresso, coffee, fresh coffee, toffee and ash. Taste is very sweet and light bitter with notes of coffee. Full bodied with low carbonation. Coffee.

7.9

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

Bottled:
Black with a small head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, brown sugar and a little bit of soy sauce. Smooth and somewhat sticky mouth feel. Taste is bitter coffee, fudge and warming alcohol.