Moer Koffie
Fraser's Folly Brewing Company

An aggressive pour yields a deep deep brown body that may not quite border on black, but it's probably on the same block or so. Rich garnet/ruby at the edges, and a large medium brown head that takes a while to decide it wants to start reducing, but picks up momentum as it goes.

Nose is inviting dark roasty flavours. Coffee is the first to jump out at me as I'm pouring and assessing the appearance. Rich roasted beans. Yum. Once it settles in and I start sticking my nose exactly where it does belong, the dominant character I get is more chicory (root not the radicchio leaves), which I was not expecting. Woody/nutty (but not barrel age type woody. Like... woody.) with roasted elements faint hints of cream, coffee, and it's almost a little bit smoky. But not like actually, just like kind of.

Flavour has some of those same interesting elements of chicory and smoky char/wood to go with the coffee and it's an interesting coffee note somewhere between rich roasted but also elements of like underroasted/greener beans. Some mild dark fruits as well and a fairly bitter finish.

The weakest component of this beer for me is the feel. It's on the thin side bordering on watery at times, and this is aided by the fact that the coffee feels like too few grinds in too much water. Surprisingly dry finish and a tight effervescence across the sip that augments the rest of its profile well.

This is an interesting one. Unique, and definitely a little different from what I was expecting. I'm glad to have grabbed it and brought it back. I feel like if a domestic brewery added a shit load of artificial syrup and marketed it as a greasy spoon diner stout or something it would kill.