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Goose Island Coffee Stout


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73.36/5.03.07/5.0Special6.9%0English pint
Commercial Description:
Different recipe and coffee than the Black Cat entry.
Our S.O.B Stout aged in whole coffee beans in the serving tank. The oils in the beans provide fragrant coffee aroma & flavor.
 tjthresh (1772), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20

Nov 7, 2009  
Opaque black with light brown head. HUGE coffee nose. Huge coffee nose. Huge coffee good.

 drowland (1407), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 17, 2009  
Had on tap at Clybourn after a tour. A nice quality coffee stout with plenty of coffee characteristic.


 WickerBrew (312), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Mar 27, 2008  
I was surprised how much i liked this. Very heavy on the coffee, so it lives up to its billing. Probably not something I could have alot of since it was a bit oily, but in the snifter it worked well as an after dinner drink.


porter4porter (32), Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Mar 26, 2008  
Pours a dark brown as you would expect a coffee stout, coffee flavor is overpowering and not subtle, could benefit from a bit more complexity w/ coffee taste dialed down some


 golubj (1287), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Mar 14, 2007  
Draft. Flavor almost entirely of roasted coffee / coffee grounds. Not my favorite style, but seemed average against other coffee styles I have had.


 alexanderj (2252), Chino Hills, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/104/59/20
Mar 14, 2007    Updated: May 20, 2008
If you like coffee, then I expect that you will like this. Since I don’t like that strong of a coffee flavor I didnt. Could have liked more complexity...it might be there for those used to coffee. (Rerate in May of 2008; similar comments. Aroma of a coffeeshop. Flavor was just too much like coffee for me. Liked a bit better this time; previous rating was 2.5, this time was 3.0. Averaged those).


 Ughsmash (4027), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 7, 2007  
On tap at StoutFest. Poured a deep brown with rising carbonation and a loose-bubbled head. Day old coffee grounds in the aroma.. midly-roasted.. a little earth emerges as it warms up... decent, but no more. The coffee flavor slightly beat out the coffee aroma.. carrying most of the focus.. some dark chocolate deeper down.. accented by mild coffee bitterness and sourness all around. Lighter-bodied with a coffee-like consistency.. tad grainy.



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