UPDATED: SEP 26, 2021 From slightly chilled bottle (BB Oct'21) into porter glass. Pours near black w/a cm of tan foam that settled into a ring, pleasant aroma of coffee & roast malt. Taste is magnificent, some spice up front w/a nice dark choc mudcake vibe closed out by balanced bitterness.

UPDATED: SEP 2, 2021 Japanese craft beer at it's best - superbly balanced, every promise delivered, no overwhelming notes. Chekhov once said: when offered coffee don't try to find a beer in the cap. Coffee stouts like this one make this advice an anachronism. Coffeish beers are here. And Hitachino makes one of the most remarkable of these.

UPDATED: AUG 23, 2021 Aromas of tons of espresso coffee cappuccino dark grain malts roasted barley and chocolate. Taste is delicious dark bitter coffee espresso roasted barley dark grain malts oats cappuccino and chocolate. Overall, a classic Japanese stout with robust flavor.

UPDATED: AUG 14, 2021 Dark brown stout with brownish foamy head. Smell of malt, coffee and chocolate. Taste of malt, strong expresso coffee, dark chocolate and raisins. Very smooth and oily. Really nice. Tasted at our summerhouse.

UPDATED: MAY 22, 2021 aroma of soy sauce, mellow brown head after shaking the tulip while there is nothing after the pour. I can only find the extra bitterness of the coffee addition and the other taste is all about stout.

UPDATED: APR 11, 2021 Coffee lovers are in for a treat. So are stout fans. Notes of chocolate, vanilla and coffee. Feels like an espresso shot mixed with a pale lager. I’m not a big coffee lover, so won’t rate it very high

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2021 12 oz bottle. Pours a dark black with a brown/tan head. Coffee and dark chocolate smells. Big bodied roast malt and coffee flavors balanced by a licorice bitter sweet lingering finish. Sticky mouthfeel and above average carbonation. Really solid stout.

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2021 Liquide noir avec mousse très courte. Nez café et un soupçon de cassis. En bouche, c'est tout café triple expresso, si vous n'aimez pas le café, c'est simple oubliez ! Moi j'adore donc tout va bien !!!

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2021 Deep dark color and a tan head. Nose is vanilla, dark berries and chocolate. Very nice balance of dark coffee and chocolate.

UPDATED: JAN 26, 2021 330ml bottle brewed in Japan at 7%. Pseudoblack brown with a nice-sized sandy head, good duration. Strong dark fruit aroma, blackcurrant raisin and fig, kept fairly airy however, with milk chocolate and coffee playing second fiddle. Lowish carbonation. Deep dark and sticky, viscous almost earthy bitter coffee develops and lingers constantly, with lighter fruity bramble tones, and milk chocolate kicking in at the end and in the aftertaste. An espresso stout for down and dirty coffee lovers, not Starbucks fans.