Lakefront Fuel Cafe

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Bottled. Subtle roasted coffee aroma. Light bodied, easy to drink. Good roast flavor. It’s solid enough to drink again, but no rush.

A beautiful stout. Nearly opaque black with a tan head. The aroma has hints of coffee and chocolate, maybe a touch of caramel? The palate is actually a bit weak for a stout, a little watery. But the taste is very nice. Smooth with flavors of coffee and bitter chocolate. The aftertaste is appropriately bitter, like that of a cup of coffee.

This poured from the 12 oz bottle with a black, maroon-tinted hue and a nice rolling-hills head of tan froth. The aroma was vaguely roasty, but not as buzz-inducing as a Starbucks -- which is what I expected. More disappointingly, the flavor had barely the lightest twist of Columbia’s finest bean. In fact, the more I drink, the less I sense any java. Instead I get a vaguely roasty brew with a bit of a milky aspect ... pretty much a let down. (#2690, 2/7/2007)

12 oz bottle. Pours to a deep brown to black color, with a thick, creamy, white head, and a lively carbonation. The nose on this beer is inviting, with some good aromas of coffee, roast, and dark chocolate. The palate is lean, with flavors of dark malts, chocolate, coffee, and light roast. This beer finishes with more good flavors of coffee, roast, and chocolate up front, then ends slightly bitter, with a dry, roasty flavor. A decent example of coffee stout, with good aromas and flavors of coffee. Not the most impressive example of coffee stout out there. I would have enjoyed a little more coffee character in aroma and flavor, but this is still a nice beer, and a great one to match with desert, or to enjoy after a big meal.

Pours muddy black with a light brown head. Aroma is malty, cookies, roasted malts, carmel, mild coffee, lightly hoppy, with esters of broth, and prunes. Flavor starts balanced on the sweet side, roasted malts with a hint of coffe, finishes slightly more bitter same flavor. Medium to full bodied, creamy, softly carbonated.

12oz bottle. Pours a very dark black core; minimal head formation; some medium-tan bubbles at the perimeter. Lots of "green", unroasted coffee in the aroma; slightly vegetal and alcoholic. Medium-to-full, bitter coffee mouthfeel; almost like straining coffee grounds with your teeth; medium acidity, lots of green apple and black coffee; plenty of citrus hops. Medium, dry coffee and milk chocolate finish.

Pours deep opaque brown, almost black but no head really. Caramel, light chocolate but oddly no roastyness and only the slightest tinge of coffee. Heavy caramel then chocolate, some roastyness and only a little coffee. Ends with a slight bit of sourness. Medium bodied with very lively carbonation. Disappointing.

Pours black with a large, creamy tan head. One whiff and I get my first hint of infection. The aroma is cherry, light vinegar, coffee and chocolate. The flavor is vinous, tart cherry, very acidic coffee, milk chocolate and molases. Medium/light body with sharp carbonation and a watery texture.