Dark reddish brown, and clear (as you'd expect). Mr. Black and rye, w/ Ango orange. Wow - that's a lot of coffee flavor(!!) The notes of the rye come in later in the taste, but even then the coffee liqueur is the lead. I like this, and I like the Revolver (basically the same, but 4:1 whiskey:coffee liqueur) - I wonder how a 3:1 whiskey:coffee liqueur would work. This is perhaps a bit too much coffee liqueur for me. I put a splash of cream in (double cream using the vernacular of Difford's) - definite White Russian vibes (hmmm - maybe a new variant - a White Russian Refugee?)