Captain Lawrence Espresso Stout

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Pleasantville, New York USA

Draft. Pours near black with a tan head. Huge coffee nose with roasted malts and a light sweetness. The flavor has espresso like coffee notes, roasted malts and dark chocolate. Not a very complex beer, but well put together, tasty, and super drinkable at 6% ABV.

Tap at Ginger Man. Pours a somewhat thick dark chocolate brown with a mocha head. Aroma is a mild, well-roasted coffee with plenty of sweet qualities, similar to a Manhattan Special. Flavor is similar to Manhattan Special as well with roasty goodness, espresso, and caramel. Very intense on the coffee/espresso. Unlike Brooklyn’s Intensified Coffee Stout, this one isn’t syrupy. Smooth, creamy, and wonderful.

32oz flip top filled at New Beer consumed very soon after. Pours is thick ass back with a light brown head. Aroma is coffee (not surprising) but nothing exciting. I am not a coffee fan but this seems like cheapo coffee as well. Taste is similar with a lot of mineral aspects. Its doable but a cop out brew for this brewery.

Special thanks to dchmela for the taste. Strong coffee aroma with some chocolate, malt and even a little vanilla in there.

DLD 2009, thanks to pantanap: It poured a dark brown, nearly black, with a scrawny tan head. The aroma had some weak coffee, roasted malt, dark toffee/caramel, and a hint of chocolate. Thin. The chocolate was slightly more pronounced in the flavor and a nutty bitterness appeared near the end. Okay.

growler from jt. thanks!.... pours a dar caramel toffee brown with a thin film of light brown head...aroma of light roast and coffee with some added notes of chocolate and caramel.... very light on the palate.flavors offered more coffee with light to medium carbonation.

On tap at Barcade. Pours black with aroma heavy with chocolate, coffee, and some weird sour smell. I’m not sure if the sour was actually supposed to be there. Flavor has coffee, toffee, and milk chocolate notes. Mouthfeel is thinner than what I would’ve liked. Wasn’t overly impressed by this, but it was pretty good.

Many thanks to Kan for sharing the growler at DLD! Poured very deep brown with a fine cap of beige head. The aroma picked up heavy coffee and darker chocolates, giving a very desserty feel to it.. loved it! The flavor was tasty as well with more of the same.. lots of well-roasted coffee and lesser dark chocolate (which also provided a moderate level of bitterness).. this was coffee-centric, but well-balanced. Medium-plus bodied with rolling carbonation on the palate.. a little coffee sourness on the back.. great stuff!