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Furthermore Oscura

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1023.56/5.03.51/5.05.3%99.3Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Our coffee beer is more "iced coffee" than "double-mocha-mud", more "summer quencher" than "winter warmer". I start with a brown Mexican lager to compliment the coffee of choice, "Nicaragua" (beans from the La Fem Grower’s Co-operative, roasted by Just Coffee of Madison.) I include flaked maize both for added creaminess and to appease the sun gods. Extra-warm fermentation lets the yeast create more interesting flavors (the California-common effect, or "Vapor Beer", if you speak Beer-Spanglish.) Hop bitterness is increased to offset the sweet flavor of un-brewed coffee. Whole beans are soaked in the beer during cold maturation - the alcohol extracts and retains aromatics that would otherwise be lost to hot water. You want numbers? Well, numbers you shall have: 15 degrees Plato; 37 IBU’s; 5.3% ABV.
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 sebletitje (1925), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 10, 2009  
courtesy of markwise. Pours copper, beige head. Aroma of coffee, grainy, malty. Flavor, light cofee with hints of grains, nutty palate. Nice torrefied coffee mouthfeel with a borderline chocolate presence followed by some faint bitterness. Tasty! Light in body with plenty of coffee.


 dmac (1469), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2009  
12 oz bottle from Capones. Hmmm....very interesting in a good way. I read "Beer Made With 100% Fair Trade Coffee" and immediately thought STOUT, well I was WRONG. This one pours a deep reddish/mahogany brown with an average sized light beige head. Aroma was all fresh brewed coffee with just a slight malt based backbone. Medium to full body with a good dose of carbonation and a slightly creamy mouthfeel. Flavor is pretty much an iced coffee with some slight malts. This was one interesting beer and the funny thing is I don’t even like coffee but I love me some coffee beers. Whoever thought that loving beer would make me turn into a coffee drinker??


 Icommonsewer (122), TUCSON, Arizona, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Lovely lovely nose of coffee and mild hops. Nice deep brown color. I was shocked to find out this was a lager since the malt/hop balance was so well done. The flavor is of coffee and top quality brown ale even though its a lager.


 Ibrew2or3 (2761), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Courtesy of kiefdog. Pours clear copper with thin off white head. The aroma is a mix of smooth coffee, earthiness, a dash of cherry and maybe some oak. The taste is much the same with sweet malts, caramel malts, coffee and more sweetness from here and there. It oddly ends a bit dry.


 kiefdog (1609), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 21, 2009  
12oz bottle courtesy of ericandersnavy. Pours a clear amber color with thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of light roast, earthiness, nuts, caramel, light coffee. Flavor is sweet and roasted with light coffee, caramel, and earthy notes. Generally medium body with a malty finish.


 markwise (1186), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Thanks to the Tampa Tasting Group for bringing this one. Pours caramel brown with a white head. Nose is malt, coffee, caramel, and a bit of lageriness. Flavor is similar with hints of coffee blending through. Not bad, but not my first choice.


 machfive55 (231), Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/102/518/20
Sep 15, 2009  
Beer poured amber with reddish tints and no head. The aroma was a very interesting earthiness with some coffee notes, and maybe a little chocolate. The flavor was light coffee that comes across as earthy and very interesting. The palate is light and water and the beer is dry with no residual sweetness. Overall, I found this to be an interesting use of coffee in a beer. The coffee comes through and is refreshing. Very unique, I think this beer makes up in the overall category because it is so unique.


 TampaBrew (825), Tampa, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20
Sep 9, 2009  
Pours a deep yellow. American dark (?) lager??? Nose is fresh brewed coffee, nuts and mild roast malts. Flavor is coffee and more coffee. Not that great.



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