Barley Island Black Majic Java Stout

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

Bottle. Solid, creamy, in-your-face coffee stout. Opaque black pour with rich, short tan head. The enticing aroma has plenty of roasted and burnt malts, coffee and dark chocolate. The flavor is moderately sweet and moderately acidic. Moderate to heavy espresso coffee bitterness in the finish. Very dry. Slight metallic aftertaste. Medium body and moderately creamy texture.

Bottle courtesy of stfun. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of coffee and caramel. Tastes of chocolate, touches of coffee, a cup of joe like finish. Meh.

12 oz bottle. Pours a nice rich deep chocolate black with a velvety tight frothy head and nice lace. Carbonation is very high though. Aroma is strogn with dark rich robust dark roast coffee- and reminds me a lot of the Bells Java- it has that fresh coffe ground smell and is sharp and earthy with a licorice character which I like. High carbonation detracts from the flavors a bit- ligther on the coffee, with some chocolate malts, chocolate mints, leather, tar and anisette. Finsih is a bit tart and licorice like and the mouthfeel again is hurt by the over carbonation.

Thanks tytoanderso. The color was dark chocolate/black. The aroma was coffee, espresso. chocolate, and roasty malt. The flavor was strong coffee, some hops, and roast. The palate was average. The finish was roasty.

Thanks tytoanderso. Pours a nice black brew with no head. The aroma shows coffee, roast, some chocolate, sweet. The flavor is a little roasty, coffee for sure, a tad bit of chocolate. The mouthfeel is a bit thin, roast. Nice coffee finish.

This is one of the more straight up coffee like beers I have had and it is all the better for it. A very drinkable brew and not to strong

VERY solid java stout! Looks like ink when it pours, and creates a very thick and frothy tan head. Aroma is awesome, all malt/chocolate/coffee. Taste is much the same, just a tad watery. I usually complain about brews being too strong, but this one should have been slightly stronger. This is just me nitpicking though, this is really delicious and another good offering by Barley Island, a really underrated local brewery.

If happiness was a beverage, this would definately be what it tasted like. As the bottle describes, "inky black," I couldn’d describe it better myself. Mild tan cream head and heavy coffee aroma leave me wishing I had this as an airfreshner. Black Majic is smooth, like Guinness, but better. Finish is nutty and roasty and delicious. Coffee and beer... best of both worlds. I have yet to find a better beer in a bottle. It’s only competition is Surly Coffee Bender, which sadly isn’t available for purchase. Black Majic Java Stout... near perfection.