Barley Island Black Majic Java Stout

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

Date: 06/06/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

solid black, fine tan head that quickly disapates leaving a few drops of lace in its wake, rich roasted and espresso aroma with lots of dark chocolate character, creamy body, rich roasted flavor, lots of coffee character, bitter dark chocolate, the rich coffee and creamy body is a good combination,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Draft @ GTMW. Pours a jet black with a thin tan head. Excellent lacing on the glass. The aroma is of roasted malts, and strong coffee. The flavor is great. An excellent stout, with a robust coffee flavor that blends well with the creaminess of the oatmeal stout. Very well done.

Bottle-Swiped this bottle from my brother in laws fridge(is that wrong?) Small tan head that completly disipated right away. Strong coffee and malt aromas. Weak flavor and watery body

easy drinkin. not the most exciting flow of flavors you’ll try. more of a lunch lunch beer than a breakfast beer. not many distinguished flavors to savor. but quite smooth.

bottle. Poured black with a slight head. Tasted barely like any coffee stout I’ve ever had. Slight coffee flavor but big stale olive flavor. What the $#@%? This can’t be how it is supposed to taste.

Bottle from Corral Liquors in Granite City, IL. Pours black with a rocky, diminishing, mocha head. The nose is of coffee and cream, chocolate, and burnt/roasted malt. Medium-bodied, oily, and effervescent it concludes with a light bitter roasted finish. The flavor is dark roasted malts and bold coffee with a tight roasted coffee finish. A lingering coffee aftertaste follows with a faint metallic note in the background. The coffee flavor in this beer seems just a little "off" while on the tongue but is dead on in the aftertaste. My wife even mentioned that it smelled like I was drinking coffee as I finished off the glass sitting next to her. One of the better coffee stouts that I’ve sampled, but this isn’t my favorite style.

Do love a good coffe stout and this wasn’t bad. Poured a deep chestnut brown with a creamy mocha head. The aroma was undeniably coffee with some roasted barley and a touch of bittersweet chocolate. A bit thinner than I like my stouts but somewhat creamy. The flavor was like a mocha java made with extra shots of espresso. Pretty good stuff.

12oz. bottle. Aroma is full of roasted coffee and chocolate malts, along with a touch of toffeeish sweetness and faint earthiness. Largely opaque ebony color with a lasting, fine head. Flavor contains a blend of bittersweet cocoa and gentle hop flavors up front, drying out a bit and seeing an influx of roasted, nearly burnt coffee that becomes stronger at the finish and brings a certain bittering, blackened grain quality. Texture is fairly smooth and creamy, body is medium-full. Nicely blended coffee stout.