 CaptainCougar (4663), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Dec 16, 2007 On tap at the brewpub on 12/6/07: Pours an opaque black with dark brown edges and a small froth of dark tan head. Aroma of fresh roasty coffee with some sweet dark malts and molasses. Body starts with some earthy dark chocolate and coffee notes with a hint of soapy bitterness toward a drier, bittersweet roasty lingering finish. A decent coffee stout but would be better with a litte more sweetness.
BBB63 (3810), La Porte, Indiana, USA
Dec 12, 2007 Tap at brewery with Aaron and family: Muddy brown with a minimal head or lace. The aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate, walnut, plum smoke, and earthy tobacco vapours. ARRGH! The taste is coffee and a whole lot of muted flavors. Some bitters, chocolate and biscuity malt can be found but sadly so can band-aid and phenols. The mouth feel is thin and sprite, dry finish. Good nose but the off flavors ruined this beer, poor example of the style.
acrdz (4361), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dec 7, 2007 Deep brown body with decent legs, leaving a filmy brown residue on the sides of the glass. Nose of spent coffee grounds and some earthy ash and toast notes. Similar flavor, with the cold, old coffee being mostly up front, then some lingering dry stout characteristics, ashy and dry on the back, with maybe a small hint of mold or cardboard (I seem to notice this in a lot of Franklin’s beer). Ok but not great overall, but within the style of coffee stout it is seriously lacking.
badlizard (1519), San Diego, California, USA
Dec 1, 2007 OPaque medium brown with a small head. Sweet oatmeal and chocolate aroma and taste with a dry slightly bitter finish.
ryan (1707), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Jan 17, 2007 Nitro. Dark brown/black with a creamy, nitro, tan head, fading. The aroma is light, some roast, some coffee. The flavor is coffee, roast, molases and chocolate. Medium/light body with a creamy nitro texture. This might have been a really good coffee stout if not for the nitro butchering all the aroma and flavor.
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