Barley Island Black Majic Java Stout

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

Black pour, head of tan with sticky lace. Strong coffee component in aroma and taste. Good, but missing some complexity.

Bottle from Mike (bbb63) Thanks. Pours out a dark brown to almost black color with a little tan head on it. Smell is mostly coffee, with a few hints of chocolate and roasted malts. Taste is sweet and full of coffee. Easy to drink but it left me jacked up. There must be quite a bit of coffee beans thrown into this. Far better once it has warmed up some than when it was cold. Highly drinkable. Good stuff.

Courtesy boboski. Black with thin white head. Moderate coffee aroma, but not sharp, a little sweet. Thin palate. Lots of coffee in the taste with a bitter finish. The beer lacks some residual sweetness that would compliment the bitterness of the coffee. But overall, a good offering.

Courtesy sprinkle. Black with brown edges and a small, tan cap. Hiuge roasted coffee and burnt malt in the nose. Same flavor. Overpowering, simple but good. Medium, balanced body. Easy drinking. Solid coffee stout.

this is all coffee, fresh coffee and i like it. it has a nice oily mouthfeel that i liked. it has notes of nut and oatmeal but it is unbalanced (i still enjoyed it). good coffee stout.

From the tap, served in a standard bar pint glass. Poured a creamy black with frothy, fluffy, foamy tan head that settled into a thin creamy lacing, minimal amount of sticking. Aromas of earthy dark roasted coffee, hints of fruitiness and a lactose sweet oatmeal. Good, even moderate carbonation and a softly crisp, slick, a airy creamy smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. A nice coffee stout taste, earthy, dry, dark roast coffee, nutty yeast, a sweet lactic, creamy taste from the oatmeal, a very soft bitterness towards the end and a dryish, nutty coffee, oatmeal finish. Very fresh tasting from the tap, an easy, smooth drinkability, sampled at the introductory party for Barley Island in Peoria.

Draft at Heorot in Muncie, IN. Black color with an average frothy brown head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Solid roasted coffee malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Medium roasted balanced flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. This is a solid beer.

(bottle from bbb63)black body with a tiny brown head that faded fast.nice aroma of roasted malts,java coffee,and chocolate.flavor mixes up the aroma with some oatmeal added as well.mouthfeel was a little thin but this is still pretty solid.