I would say the predominant flavour is the caramel chocolate malt, I'm getting minimal coffee flavour on mine. There are high levels of roastiness especially on the finish but nothing astringent. Also very smooth mouthfeel, like velvet. Not sure what factors contribute to mouth feel but I'm...
Just kegged and tried this beer, turned out great highly recommend it. Had to substitute hops for Galena with 13.2%aa because my local homebrew store didn't have the original hops that this recipe called for. Also not sure how but my original gravity ended up at 1.078, it fermented out to 1.021.