Double Espresso Premio Caffé
Black Wolf Brewery
- From:
- Black Wolf Brewery
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Porter
Ranked #142 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,572 - Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 14.41%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 11
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 18, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 02, 2012
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
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Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
2.91/5 rDev -17.8%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
2.91/5 rDev -17.8%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Copenhagen 27/9 2019. 33 cl bottle from Fish & Beer, Amagerbrogade, Kbh S. As "Valente Double Espresso". Black and gold label with couple of coffee beans. Sporting a Gold medal from World Beer Awards for Best Flavored beer.
Pours opaque dark brown with a small off-white head. Bubbly. Settles as thin remnants of foam sailing around. No Lacing.
Aroma is pretty intense, sweetly sugary and laced with coffee. Strong odor of coffee, white sugar, toffee, lightly roasted, dark malts.
Medium carbonation. Thin, oily, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor has strong sweetness followed by a medium strong coffee bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter with a prominent sweet undercurrent. Lingering.
I like a good strong cup of coffee just fine but I would prefer a little less sugar.
Sep 18, 2025Pours opaque dark brown with a small off-white head. Bubbly. Settles as thin remnants of foam sailing around. No Lacing.
Aroma is pretty intense, sweetly sugary and laced with coffee. Strong odor of coffee, white sugar, toffee, lightly roasted, dark malts.
Medium carbonation. Thin, oily, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor has strong sweetness followed by a medium strong coffee bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter with a prominent sweet undercurrent. Lingering.
I like a good strong cup of coffee just fine but I would prefer a little less sugar.
Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York
3.73/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From 10/17/15 notes. Picked this up in Stirling, Scotland. 12 oz. bottle into a globe glass.
Pours a pitch black color with low carbonation evident and one inch of brown head. Lots of espresso and strong bitter coffee, cream, roasted mats, and burnt malts. Taste is earthy and has some dirt too. Medium body and moderate carbonation
Overall a decent beer; liked the nose a lot though the taste was bitter and lost some of the coffee.
Oct 19, 2015Pours a pitch black color with low carbonation evident and one inch of brown head. Lots of espresso and strong bitter coffee, cream, roasted mats, and burnt malts. Taste is earthy and has some dirt too. Medium body and moderate carbonation
Overall a decent beer; liked the nose a lot though the taste was bitter and lost some of the coffee.
Reviewed by RandyFlameThrower from Canada (AB)
3.03/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2
3.03/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2
Looking at the bottle now, is July 14, disappointing in something I just bought. Not sure what's up with the store I get these from but that's 2 way, way, way out of date beers from them in this trip.
It tastes and smells like the most well known coffee liqueur you know. I have no head and carbonation to speak of.
You can achieve this beer with cola and that coffee liquer. Just let the cola go flat.
May 28, 2015It tastes and smells like the most well known coffee liqueur you know. I have no head and carbonation to speak of.
You can achieve this beer with cola and that coffee liquer. Just let the cola go flat.
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
4.19/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
330 ml bottle; BBdate of April 2016.
Enjoyed ½ mile west of St Monans, Fife at the remains of Newark Castle.
Pours with a generous, creamy tan head.
Aroma: As much chocolate as coffee; a characteristic repeated in the flavor.
Full body; exceptionally smooth with a fine creamy feel.
O: Much less coffee flavor than the "double espresso" description suggested, I found this to be very nicely balanced in coffee/malt flavor and in sweet/bitter.
Apr 19, 2015Enjoyed ½ mile west of St Monans, Fife at the remains of Newark Castle.
Pours with a generous, creamy tan head.
Aroma: As much chocolate as coffee; a characteristic repeated in the flavor.
Full body; exceptionally smooth with a fine creamy feel.
O: Much less coffee flavor than the "double espresso" description suggested, I found this to be very nicely balanced in coffee/malt flavor and in sweet/bitter.
Reviewed by magpieken from Australia
2.46/5 rDev -30.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.46/5 rDev -30.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
330ml bottle. Aug 2015. Pours as brown as it gets before being black, adequate brown head which reduced to a ring and only a touch of lacing. Aroma of dark roasted coffee, cocoa, molasses, mould and liquorice. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Light to medium body, thin texture, flat carbonation. Burnt coffee finish with some sourness in there too. Noticeable alcohol burn. I didn't enjoy this one. 5.
Mar 13, 2015
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A 330ml bottle with a BB of Oct 2013, so it's a bit out of date. The last beer of the Sainsbury 2012 Beer Hunt still in my possession. Must have slipped under my radar. The label doesn't say much except to indicate that this contains coffee.
Poured into a tulip pint glass. A very dark reddish-brown hue that appears ultra-black in the glass. Yields a creamy head of light-brown foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding; it's not unlike the crema on a good espresso. Aroma of intense coffee - almost like a fresh brew. Notes of roasted coffee beans, dark malt, burnt grain, hints of dried fruit, a touch of molasses and fruity yeast. Seriously bitter yet also slightly sweet. Very nice.
Tastes of rich coffee and roasted malt with a substantial bitter finish. Notes of intense roasted coffee, burnt grain, dark malt, molasses, mild dried fruit, ale yeast and a faint citrus twang from the coffee. Very slightly sweet, followed by a roasty bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and lightly tingly, with soft carbonation and a vaguely insubstantial body for the style. Pretty astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of bright espresso and dark malt.
Nice, though definitely one for coffee fans. Looks OK, while the aroma and flavour are superbly redolent of fresh espresso and bitter roasted grain. Subtle fruit notes from the coffee. So-so body; could be creamier for the style. A tasty brew with a big character - well worth sampling if you come across it.
Jan 24, 2014Poured into a tulip pint glass. A very dark reddish-brown hue that appears ultra-black in the glass. Yields a creamy head of light-brown foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding; it's not unlike the crema on a good espresso. Aroma of intense coffee - almost like a fresh brew. Notes of roasted coffee beans, dark malt, burnt grain, hints of dried fruit, a touch of molasses and fruity yeast. Seriously bitter yet also slightly sweet. Very nice.
Tastes of rich coffee and roasted malt with a substantial bitter finish. Notes of intense roasted coffee, burnt grain, dark malt, molasses, mild dried fruit, ale yeast and a faint citrus twang from the coffee. Very slightly sweet, followed by a roasty bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and lightly tingly, with soft carbonation and a vaguely insubstantial body for the style. Pretty astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of bright espresso and dark malt.
Nice, though definitely one for coffee fans. Looks OK, while the aroma and flavour are superbly redolent of fresh espresso and bitter roasted grain. Subtle fruit notes from the coffee. So-so body; could be creamier for the style. A tasty brew with a big character - well worth sampling if you come across it.
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.58/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle: BBD Feb 2014, poured into a Gordon's Thistle shaped glass on 30 Aug 2013.
Exceedingly dark body with a full but fairly thin tanned head.
Intense rich coffee aroma and taste, as you'd expect by the name on the bottle. Dark chocolate and cocoa flavours vie with the coffee to give a smell and flavour very similar to a Greek 'Frappe' without any milk.
Not as creamy and rich in texture as the nose suggested, the body depth being my only negative thought on the brew.
Both interesting and worth finding (if you like coffee).
Aug 30, 2013Exceedingly dark body with a full but fairly thin tanned head.
Intense rich coffee aroma and taste, as you'd expect by the name on the bottle. Dark chocolate and cocoa flavours vie with the coffee to give a smell and flavour very similar to a Greek 'Frappe' without any milk.
Not as creamy and rich in texture as the nose suggested, the body depth being my only negative thought on the brew.
Both interesting and worth finding (if you like coffee).
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