Big Rock Espresso Stout

Brewed by Big Rock Brewery
Style: Stout
Calgary, Canada

Very dark brown in colour, thin oily beige coloured head, no lacing. The aroma is a bit chocolaty, some coffee, small roast and a high sweetness. The flavour is lightly roasty, faint chocolate powder, chalky, cold coffee. Thin mouthfeel, medium/light body, medium carbonation. Finishes thin, quick, watery. A watery stout, pretty tame espresso flavour.

341ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>piscator34, thanks Kris.
Opened on March 1, 2007.
No best before date.

Bottle. Reddish brown colour with a weak head. Nice sweet aroma of chocolate and milk-like. Nice smooth flavour of chocolate, coffee and some roastedness.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry & biegaman -- my bottle courtesy of CapFlu. Pours a dark reddish-brown with an average size diminishing tan head. Aroma of caramel malt, just slightly roasted along with a bit of coffee. Flavour is watery, watery, watery! Somewhere in there is roasted malt and coffee. Tastes like when I finish a Stout and pour some water in my glass to rinse it and then drink it. Light bodied. I wasn’t expecting much but I was still disappointed.

Bottle (341ml). Shared with blankboy and biegaman, blankboy’s bottle via trade with CapFlu. Clear weak-looking chestnut, small tan head - stout? Really? Incredibly weak aroma - slightly sour and astringent coffee-ish aroma - like twice-stepped on cheap near-espresso, some stale nutshell and grain. Taste - what there is of it - is like coffee-flavoured bubblegum, a little bitter but ultimately nothing. Thin, pretty flat, moderately astringent, not a nice bitter aftertaste - bleh. Go grab yourself a real coffee stout.

Bottle via trade with piscator34. Dark brown body with a faint wisp of a head - looks a lot like cola, actually. Mild aroma with the expected roasted malt and coffee notes, although it’s more stale coffee than the fresh roasted coffee beans I was hoping for. Thin body, quite disappointing. Flavour is OK - roasted malt, coffee, a bit of bitter cocoa. Not bad, but it didn’t wow me.

Deep brown, almost black colour with a small tan head. Roasted malty aroma with a heavy coffee and chocolate sweet note. Coffee bitter flavor with a vague chocolate sweetness and a hoppy note. Dry finish.

(Bottle 34,1 cl) Clear, dark, reddish brown with a small, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Fairly light body with roasted malt, coffee and perhaps some chocolate. A dry finish without much bitterness. A bit bland perhaps, but high drinkability. Courtesy of presario. 120207

Bottle. Clear red brown coloured with a small off white head. Light roasted aroma of dried fruits and coffee. Light roasted flavour of dried fruits, coffee and hops.