First sip follows the nose almost exactly. The chocolate doesn't dominate - the coffee does. The earth is sitting behind, mocking me for thinking that this was going to be all nibs and no beans. The roast emits a smoke that is not unwelcome here, and the coffee isn't so overwhelming that I can't drink more (I don't really like coffee).
Tip-in is mild carbonation burn that seems to cover up the coffee and chocolate almost entirely; I'm not sure why a mild carbonation is so hard to overcome, but here we are. The middle is chocolate and roasted malt underneath with a kind of stinging nettle on top - again, I don't know where that's coming from. The finish is a bit more of the coffee, earth, and bitterness from the chocolate that becomes complete bitterness in the trail-off.
Bottom Line: Not what I expected or what I was looking for.
Addendum: As the beer warms, the coffee gets more mild and the beer gets a lot sweeter, so the 1.5 that it would have gotten is now a 1.75.
1.75/5