Barley Island Black Majic Java Stout

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Stout
Noblesville, Indiana USA

12oz bottle- Nearly balck body with a nice tan head that dissipates quickly into a small ring. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Taste of coffee and more coffee with some roasted malt and sweetness. A nice nasting stout.

6/07/2007: Island Black Majic "Tavern Style" Java Stout is looks nearly black and opaque when poured into a glass and has a small, foamy, mocha-colored head. Chocolate mocha tempts the nose and would be really nice if it weren’t for a bit of yeastiness that intrudes into the aroma slightly. The flavor reminds me of freshly ground coffee beans blended with chocolate and roasted malt. The finish has a nice roasty bitterness. The flavors are all well balanced overall. Ths beer has a medium body and a very smooth texture. This was my second Barley Island beer and I am very impressed with their beer so far. Both this and the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/barley-island-ba Island Barfly IPA are very good. I would recommend them both!

12 oz bottle from The Hop Shop in Indianapolis, Indiana. Shared with Rob at our weekly/bi-weekly beer tasting.

4 oz draft sample at brewpub. Pours a deep black with a slight tan head. Aroma is big coffee with some bready malts in the background. Taste is typical coffee stout with a very milky creamy taste. Lots of roasted grains and no hoppiness. Mouthfeel is a little on the thick side. Great for coffee lovers, but if you don’t like coffee, this one is pretty hard to drink especially compared to some of the better coffee stouts out there.

Pour is a jet black with a small tan head. Aroma is all thing roasted. Some wood smoke and coffee. Flavor is more in the coffee catagory but not to overpowering to make it bitter. Some chocolate helps to sweeten it so its’s not so bitter. Its not Founders breakfast stout but its a close cousin.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry -- my bottle courtesy of lewis13. Pours totally black, there’s no seeing through this puppy, with an average size diminishing light-brown head. Nice aroma of roasted malt and roasted coffee. Flavour reminds me of a coffee Porter but with more hops. Nice bitter roasty finish. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Very enjoyable.

Bottle (341ml). Shared with blankboy, his bottle. Opaque, thick near-black with a small creamy/frothy brown head (4+). Very bitter dark roast - coffee, semi-sweet chocolate, perhaps a hint of soy, also green hops and molasses ... and I detected a slightly off note, vaguely like plastic. Excellent roast flavour, very bitter roast coffee beans, smooth and balanced, a hint of sour cherry tartness in the finish. Silky, fairly thick mouthfeel, lightly astringent, moderately acidic, with a fairly quick finish. Seemed more like an excellent coffee porter than a stout, but I’m quibbling - apart from that odd plastic note, this was really good.

Bottle from sliffy. Very balck with small tan head. Massive coffe aroma. Tha smell ids the best part of this beer. The taste is mainly coffee with bitter finish. On the thinner side.

Bottle. Coffee and ash aroma. Dark brown/black color with thin tan head. Nice slightly burnt coffee flavor with a hint of cocoa. LIghter body. Like an iced coffee - very pleasant but on the mild side.