8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at home, thanks to an IP trade with Michael C, 11/05/13. Pours pitch black with a thin dirty tan head that clears to a film but stays for the show. Nose carries a good coffee ’whack’, brown sugars, light mineral notes, roast malt, toffee fudge. Taste is coffee forward, tiramisu jus, a touch of booze, vanilla, light chocolate notes, roast malt backbone, sugars but not OTT sweet. Full bodied but at the lighter end of the spectrum, carbonation is fine, well pitched keeping the 9% eminently drinkable. Great breakfast stout, I love my coffee beers, this hits all the right notes and the 9% ABV is well disguised.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2013
at 08:18