Barley Island Black Majic Java Stout

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

12oz bottle. Pours opaque with a thin tan head.....light lacing. Tons of fresh coffee and cocoa dust in the nose.

Pours inky black with a very quickly receding mocha head. Aroma of cold coffee, black strap molasses, roast bitterness, and wood. Taste of cold, french press coffee, strong roast, earthy oak flavors. Mouthfeel is full bodied with soft carbonation.

poured thick black with small head that slowly crept up from the bottom of the glass and disapeared quickly. Aroma of coffee- taste is ok - not overly complex but drinkable

12oz bottle-pours a light brown ring for a head and black color. Aroma is wow coffee. Taste is coffee, some hops bitterness. Well done for the coffee lover, which isn’t me.

Bottled. Poured black with a short-lived cap of beige head. The aroma picked up cold, dry-roasted coffee with just a touch of sour dark fruit that really worked for it. The flavor was also coffee-focused with a more pronounced sour fruit and woody impression.. finished dry with coffee, toasted oats, and some residual sourness.. most likely a bit past its prime, but still enjoyable. Medium-bodied, spicy, and drier on the palate with plenty of coffee roast.. the sourness was actually refreshing on the finish. Solid.

12 oz. bottle poured into shaker- poured nontransparent squid ink black, some tan bubbles around the glass for a head, low carbonation. Aroma of cofee, well roasted malt, and dark toffee. Hits the mouth with a high-medium body, coffee taste hits you like a freight train with no brakes right from the starts and lasts well after the finish, a note of cream on the end as it tails off. Out of balance, but sometimes you need that from a beer.

Bottle. Pours pretty darn dark with a respectable tan head. I enjoy the coffee presence in the aroma: solidly roasty, sharp, and well defined. Some ashtray notes and slightly sour cream ar noted as well. The mouthfeel is slightly prickly and of pretty average density. The coffee carries over well into the flavor, distinct, genuine, and sharp. There is a faint creamy sweetness and a touch of mocha and something just a bit sour in the finish. I really enjoy drinking this beer. I can’t say it’s the best coffe stout I’ve ever had, but I can drink a lot of these and have no qualms with it.

This is a palate destroyer, so make sure you rinses thoroughly after trying this one. Pours a dark brown body with a semi watery body. medium sized head with a pleasent lightly roasted coffee aroma. Mouthfeel is semi dry but also very light. Starts off sweet and burnt tasting, and ends with a lingering finish of cocoa.