Alpine Beer Company Captain Stout

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: Stout
Alpine, California USA

Pours a dark brown with nice tan head. Cocoa, sweet malt, some toffee, cold coffee, and hints of roasted malt and berries. Lighter mouthfeel, but quite tasty.

Dark black, healthy head. Smells malty and tastes like it has a touch of cocoa. Not a bad stout and a nice change from all these high gravity stouts everyone seem to make these days. Solid beer and I’m glad my cousin brought it to me and I wish I had a bottle of the old chez monieux to follow it up.. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-14-2008 02:37:30

A- Pours a solidly opaque black hue, head is full of off-white biog bubble that dissipates to a relatively thin layer, lacing is moderate on the glass S- Nose is big-time dominated by huge coffee flavors, this is as close to a cup of java that I can think of, tons of roast and a surprising absence of any other malts or hops, i hope you like coffee! T- Initial taste is unsurprisingly dominated by bitter and roasty coffee flavors, some slight hops peek through, but this is totally java-forward M- Light-to-medium bodied, watery texture, light carbonation D- Very easy-to-drink stout at 5%abv, this is definitely a good match for coffee lovers (everyone else will be less impressed), there are more solid options in both the Stout and Alpine categories (hopefully)

Bottle from South Bay Drug. Very dark color with minor ruby hilites. Decent tan head. Aromas of chocolate and darkly toasted malt. Medium plus body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is harsh coffee, some chocolate, and a solid toasted malt. Very nice stout.

22 oz. bottle. Pours black with a medium sized beige head. I had to work to get what little aroma there was. Dark malt, cocoa, and coffee. The flavor had what can best be described as a roasty sourness. This was a bit burned with too much carbonation. Perhaps this was too old and was on the way downhill fast? Needless to say, I expected more.

Tap at The Local. Dark black beer with a creamy tan head. Aroma is lightly roasty with a fairly prominent cocoa and chocolate nose. A light toasted malt character and a bit of herbal hoppiness as well. Good light sweetness and a touch of sweet maltiness through the middle. Lingering sweetness, chocolatey with a good balance of roast and sweetness.

Bottle thanks to Hophead22. Poured dark brown/black with nice head. Aroma is sweet and caramel. Taste is nice and light with roasted malts, chocolate, maple, and caramel.

Bottle shared by wolf. Black in color, decent head. Sweet aroma, but the taste is roasted malts with a touch of maple that gives it a sweetness. Also chocolate and caramel. Texture is lighter for a stout which is a change up. Overall a pretty good stout.