Doing a head to head comparison. My milk stout made with Costa Rican cocoa husks in primary and nibs in the secondary and then bottled with a home-brewed Kona blend cold-brewed coffee concentrate...I call it a Mocha Latte Stout...versus Troegs Java Head.
Okay...Troegs has got a better head on the pour and dissipates, leaving a partial thin layer on the surface. As I drink it, it leaves a nice lacing on the glass. Mine is a more fizzy carb and the head goes away. No lacing.
Coffee is clearly present in the aroma on Java Head. I quickly get a malt sweetness and a hit that I think is hops and quickly becomes coffee with a slightly sour, then bitter finish. The aroma on mine is a little sweeter coffee with the chocolate coming through. The flavor on mine is definitely coffee and a little chocolate. It has bitterness, but there's nothing "hoppy" about it and it doesn't really linger. I think the sweetness in mine is all chocolate/lactose, I think they cover any hops and I don't get malt.
So, while I think mine very tasty and I like the coffee/chocolate flavor, Troegs Java Head is definitely more complex and, though the coffee is obvious, the malt and hops still manage to come through. And the carb/head is much smoother and finer than mine.
I plan to brew an all-grain version of mine in the future and I'll make some tweaks to refine the head and carb, and I may change the hops variety and bump the amount...or have a 15 minute addition. I'm not sure how to not cover the malt.
So...both good, mine not as complex...and I'm having fun getting smacked!