Alpine Beer Company Captain Stout

On tap at O’Brien’s in San Diego. Black in color with a finger tan head that fades to ring. Aroma is a lot of roast, coffee, a hint of dark chocolate, a and a little earth. Flavor is smooth and well-balanced with coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, and earth. Palate is smooth and velvety; body is medium. Solid stout from Alpine.

Pours midnight black with a thick creamy tan head. Nose is heavy on dark cocoa powder and freshly ground coffee. Taste is good, flavors are very in tune, a little too carbonated for my taste, nice chocolate and coffee flavors, loads of coffee, slight creaminess, hints of vanilla.

Bottle. Opaque black with fizzy tan head. Aroma is roast, sweeter purple fruit, some coffee nice, partially oxidized. Flavor is sweet purple fruit, roast, some coffee, caramel, a little ash and if you search some an alc finish. Medium to light, semi-watery body with fizzy carbonation. Different.

Bottle. Poured a dark brown color with a thin tan head. Aroma is roasted malt with some coffee and chocolate notes as well as a touch of dried fruit. Medium to thin bodied with soft carbonation and a slightly watery mouthfeel. Flavor is slightly sweet, slightly acidic. Lots of roasted malt, coffee, and milk chocolate notes. Finishes roasted and slightly bitter.

Bottle thanks to smokepot23!
Dark brown, thin off-white head. Sweet nose, like a sugary pastry, plus chocolate which leads to brownie, and light coffee. Sweet, potentially diacetyl-ed body of heavy roast, some minor creamy coffee, and a slightly sour note. Thin body, not much of a finish. Odd beer.

From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 09/10/2008 Rich aroma. Beige head. Dark coloured fruity and a little sour with some roast malt in the finish.

Pours a deep ruby, brown. Roasty malt nose, caramel, cocoa, coffee and toasty grains. Toaste malt flavor, roasted barley, toffee, coffee and caramel. Nicely done!

Thanks sebletitje for the share. Pours dark brown with a khaki head. Nose is roast, dark fruit, chocolate, and some lactic sweetness. Flavor is very interesting with roast, some slight sour notes and lactic sweetness. An interesting contradiction within itself that holds its own. Enjoyable.