(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 22 Sep 2007) Black colour with brief brown head. Roasted nose with distinct notes of heavily roasted coffee. Roasted taste with coffee, chocolate and hints of sweetness. Fairly thin. A bit one-dimensional, but if you like your coffee roasted, it’s a nice beer.

Bottle at home ... Thanks to Canadian Dan and his pall for this... Sharp malt fruits with a citrus tang to the nose ... hightly hop fruit for sucg a dark beer ... tad over fizzy ... Lots of juicy hop resins with a little drying graprefruit bitterness... Could do with some more malt character for my palate nonetheless a remarkably drinkable ale.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Sammy. Clear, reddish brown with a beige head. Distinct aroma of coffee with an ashy note. Medium-bodied with sweetish, roasted malt, some chocolate and distinct, burned coffee accents. Very subdued bitterness. 230807

Bottled at RBESG ’07. Amber coloured. Pleasant hoppy aroma of grapefruit. Crisp, bready and light bodied, freshly hoppy and really enjoyable. Finishes with medium bitterness.

Courtesy of dsnowden. Pours clear dark brown with nice tan head. Big coffee aroma coming from the glass that seems a cut above Folgers crystals with some sweetness lingering behind. The flavor hits all at once with roasted to burnt malts, malty astringency, coffee grounds and hints of molasses.

(Bottle 34,1 cl) Courtesy of presario. Bottle #6612, vintage 2005. Slightly hazy, warm amber golden with a nice, off-white head. Fat aroma of caramel and overripe fruit. Very rich and full body with lots of caramel and fruit - overripe fruit. The mouthfeel is soft and smooth. Some hops in the finish. 200507

From 34.1 cL bottle (no. 6612). Pours slight hazy orange with a little head. Aroma is malty with a wineous alcohol note, which takes some dried fruit with it. Flavour is cane sugar, malty, roasted, and clearly alcohol warming into a dry finish.

2005. Bouteille. De couleur ambrée cuivrée et voilée. Nez malté (caramel toffee sucré aux notes terreuses et rôties, léger de sucre brun, notes de butterscotch, de chocolat et de miel), fruité (raisins aux notes vineuses, notes de prunes, de pommes et d’agrumes), léger d’alcool doux, de houblon herbeux et de vanille ainsi que des notes de noix. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas et une texture liquoreuse, légèrement sirupeuse et crémeuse. Goût fruité (moyen de raisins aux notes vineuses, léger de prunes, notes de pommes, de cerises, de figues et d’agrumes) avec un léger goût de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût sucré de malt du genre caramel toffee moyennement rôti et légèrement terreux avec un léger goût de butterscotch, de biscuits et de chocolat (notes de sucre brun) parallèlement à un moyen goût d’alcool liquoreux et réchauffant puis en finale, l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux (notes terreuses) aidé par l’alcool ainsi que des notes de noix. Post-goût long, moyennement amer d’alcool de houblon herbeux et légèrement terreux et de rôti avec un goût fruité (moût de raisins et de prunes, faibles notes de pelures de pommes et de zest d’agrumes) et des traces de noix.

A golden wit with a thick creamy lacing white head. A very pleasant aroma of blood oranges, cloves and caramel. In mouth, a decent light wit with sweet wheat malt, orange peels and light bubble gum. Medium bodied. Sampled on tap at the Wellington Gastropub, Ottawa.