On tap at Capital Ale House - Innsbrook on 08/25/2008. Dry cocoa, molassas, caramel aroma. Fruit and chocolate flavor, chocolate covered cherry. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 03/14/2008: Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet milk and chocolate aroma. Rich roasted malt and chocolate flavor. Smooth creamy finish. Full body with low carbonation.

750 ml bottle from mgumby10; have another coming from iowaherkeye! Nose of chocolate, and some yeast, along with light sweetness, but mostly chocolate; black with brown edges and a big, glass-lacing, tan head; flavor has a bit of hop bitterness, a light smoky note, and the bigtime chocolate! Finish is chocolate and light hops!

Poured a deep, opaque, slightly watery black with a medium, tight slightly off white head. Smells of dark chocolate and coffee. Flavor was all chocolate, hardly any malt to speak of, with maybe a hint of Belgian Candy or something else lurking behind the chocolate flavor. Fairly silty on the palate with a dry finish. I paired this with a chocolate peanut butter pie I made for my girlfriend’s birthday and it was outrageous. Certainly not a session beer, but a great dessert beer none the less.

750ml bottle courtesy of MrBendo. Pour is black with ruby highlights and a one inch tan head. Head had decent retention. Aroma of cocoa and dark chocolate roasted malt. I also detect some earthy vegetable notes as well. An interesting nose, to be certain. Taste has more of an old coffee taste then the cocoa chocolate. In fact, the chocolate was barely perceptible in the taste. A little bit on the bland side. Palate was pretty thin, certainly not as big as expected. Finish is dry and chalky. This was drinkable, but not terribly exciting. Was more or less a straight forward Dry Stout to me.

Bottle pours a dark brown with a quick fleeting light tan head. Lifht roasted aroma and a light chocolaye roasted flavor. Feel was a bit thin and rhe carbonation was fairly lively. Not bad. Thanks Jordan.

Tried this both on draft at GABF 2007 and bottled, thanks to Theis. A dark brown beer with a red shine under a lazing tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of chocolate and roasted malt, the roasted malt also giving it an edge of acidity. The flavor is sweet with notes of cocoa and chocolate, as well as a touch of metal in the bottle which I didn’t detect on draft, leading to a dry roasted and bitter finish, with an acidic note from the roasted malt lingering. I prefer the draft version slightly over the bottled version, differens 0.2.

[Courtesy of Theis] Dark brown with large light brown head. Sweet aroma with malty notes. Flavor is dominated by metallic notes.

Bouteille 750ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de chocolat noir et léger de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques), de malt rôti, léger de café et de levures fruitées (notes de prunes et de cerises noires) ainsi que des petites notes de pain rôti. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse aux petites notes sirupeuses. Goût de levures légèrement fruitées (léger de prunes, notes de cerises noires et traces de raisins) accompagné d’un moyen goût de crème brûlée (légèrement lactique) et des notes de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût amer de malt rôti (faibles notes brûlées), de chocolat noir, moyen de chocolat au lait et avec des notes de pain grillé ainsi que des traces de caramel puis progressivement vient se rajoute un léger goût de café jusqu’en finale, où l’on retrouve également un léger goût de houblon herbeux et d’alcool très doux ainsi que des traces d’épices (poivre). Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de rôti, de chocolat noir, moyen de café, léger de houblon herbeux et avec des notes d’alcool doux.

Bottle. dark brown beer with a tan head. light roasty, spicy aroma with chocolate. Roasty flavor with chocolate, coffee, yeast, and a bit of spice. Medium body. Chocolate and yeast linger with some roast. Nice and very drinkable. Alcohol well hidden.