 BeerBelcher (698), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Apr 23, 2008
Thanks to Flyer for splitting this with SurlySober and me.
This beer struck me in appearance as more of a brown ale, but maybe "coffee brown ale" doesn’t roll off the tongue as well as "coffee stout." It was brown and translucent, with abundant off-white head. Unlike most beers with coffee-notes, this beer really tastes like coffee! A lot of beers with coffee flavor taste like an approximation of coffee, and are sweet, so they come off tasting to me like coffee-flavored ice cream rather than actual coffee. This one tastes like coffee...period. Smell is lots of coffee, and not much else, maybe some caramel malt. Mouthfeel was unremarkable, but good.
I would recommend this beer. I thought it quite nice.
Retorp (2142), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Courtesy of Gilliard. The aroma is mostly a blast of coffee with hints of sweet malt and vanilla beneath that. The flavor is more of the same and the roast malt accentuates the coffee. A very fun and easy drinking beer that delivers the blast of coffee it promises and doesn’t do anything wrong along the way.
Rogueone (291), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Bottle sampled at mgumby10’s, courtesy of dchmela: Wow, it’s a good thing that this beer was so memorable because my notes are pretty illegible at this point. This truly is a coffee-lover’s beer. The aroma smells like a one-day old coffee filter (coffee intact). Flavor is a creamy, roasted coffee with maybe just a touch of vanilla. Coffee flavor is dominant here, which is great, but that doesn’t really speak to the complexity of the beer as there really isn’t one. However, it was damn good.
mgumby10 (1502), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Courtesy dchmela. Pours dark brown, with a small swirly light brown head. Smells of huge, fresh coffee grinds, dark malts, and light vanilla cream. The flavor is pretty monster coffee as well, although i got some definite chcololate latte flavors in there too. Bitter dark chocolate is noticeable in the finish, but the coffee flavors are quite domineering in this brew. I happen to like coffee brews so I dug it.
TheCheeseMan (501), Saint Cloud, Florida, USA
Jul 13, 2008 Pours a nearly opaque deep, burnt brown, bordering on black. The aroma is full on coffee, to the point that it is the primary aroma. The flavor is more of the same, but is insanely drinkable. Great bottle.
1FastSTi (2355), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 7, 2008 Thanks Jason. The beer pours to a really dark brown body with a tall mostly lasting rocky medium brown head. The aroma is quite good with oatmeal, chocolate, dark chocolate covered espresso beans, and sweetened condensed milk. The flavor is an acetic coffee, black patent, needs some other base malts to compensate. Some grassy hops. The palate is sweet, acetic, mildly unbalanced.
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