Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Petaluma, California USA

Sampled at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits Wednesday evening beer tasting, and shared by BDR. From a 22-oz bomber pours an opaque dark brown brew with some red highlights that generates a thick tan head that slowly dissipates to a thin tan head. Aroma of toasted dark malt, coffee, some black licorice and chocolate. Taste is medium to full bodied, lightly carbonated with flavors of mostly coffee, toasted dark malt, some vanilla and a touch of roasted nuts. Finish is semi-dry, with a toasted dark malt and coffee aftertaste that slowly lingers away.

Bomber on 5/24/2008. Deep, brilliant ruby body under a light tan head that settles to a thin ring slowly, leaving some excellent lace behind. No mistaking the coffee aroma, but there is also some bittersweet chocolate, vanilla, and roasted nuts as well. Medium/full body, light carbonation, and a dry, mildly astringent palate.

Dark brown sugar starts off, quickly succumbing to the bitterness of roasted malt and some earthy hops for a nicely dry finish. This one is easy to drink, and quite satisfying.

Aroma is full on roast coffee, dark chocolate and liquorice, black, pours a foamy tan head, some pretty lace too. Flavour has strong coffee notes, dark chocolate and some brazil nuts. Full bodied, very well balanced, bitter and soothing. Great example! Thank You Torontoblue.

smell and tastes as advertised, cappuccino! the aroma is chocolatey with hint of coffee and alcohol and the flavor is fruity; very chewy and enjoyable.

2/13/08 notes: pours dark brown. Sizeable head, but not thick. Alcohol and coffee grounds in nose. First sip yields bitter notes of coffee and burnt sugar, though it is well balanced. Alcohol is impossibly well-hidden beneath the coffee, reminiscent of Dieu du Ciel’s Peche Mortel. Good body and syrupy textured coffee finish. Little hops or malt really present; coffee-lovers beer!

Pours a deep, dark brown with a lasting tan head and lovely lacing. Aroma is very present! Reminds me almost exactly of the smell of the coffee bar at the Kiln at the Banff Centre where I worked for a year. Chocolate, a bit of maple, graham cracker & molasses. Good memories. Tastes quite nice, coffee flavour is not overwhelming but definitely present, along with a lingering sweetness, booziness comes out when paired with a chocolate cookie (can you really blame me?) No real roastiness but a smooth milky taste definitely hints at the cappuccino rather than simply coffee. Body is thick and chewy, very creamy with decent carb. Great warming finish! I like this beer, I’ve been spoiled with stronger doses of coffee but this is definitely drinkable. Many thanks to Marky D for bringing this treasure back from Boston!

Bomber. Pours a nice brown-black with small beige head. The aroma is bitter chocolate and roasty coffee, with some sweet caramel hints in there, too. The flavor is slightly bitter roastiness, with a rather subtle real coffee note. There is some chalky chocolate in there, too. Mild caramel and brown sugar sweetness lurks in the background. The finish is oddly bitter, in a seemingly out-of-place hoppy way. The coffee comes back in the aftertaste, though. Not a bad brew.

Thanks to McBeer for bringing this to a tasting. Dark brown pour. Not as coffee dominated as the Devil over a Barrel. Bitter flavor. Carbonation is high. Somewhat astringent flavor. Some chocolate, vanilla, cream, and cocoa flavors surface as this gets warmer. Decent enough. Nothing memorable however.