Long Trail Brewmaster Series Coffee Stout

Formerly brewed at Long Trail Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Style; glass: Imperial Stout; Snifter 22 fl oz x 8% ABV = 176 / 60 = 2.93 beers * 150 C = 439.50 calories (est.) Purchased at:Canal’s Burlington, NJ for $3.50 A delicious, dark roasted coffee, cocoa, and espresso imperial stout with a deep opaque body topped with a dark tan head. Syrupy, sticky, and like dessert. A decadent treat.

On tap @ long trail and also purchased a case in bottles. Pretty cool, has old hit the trail labels put on upside down,(reusing the labels since h.t.t. is no longer made. very green brewery!) Black color with a 3 fingered mocha head. Made with green mtn. coffee and you can certainly tell from aroma and mid palate. I also believe this to be the best beer from Long Trail.

22 oz bomber....one of many times drinking this beer, had it on tap and bottled. This is my favorite beer. Unbelievable. Pours pitch-black with a coffee colored head that fades kinda quickly. It literally smells like coffee + cream. Taste is even better...coffee, cream, a little chocolate, roast flavors. I don’t know what else to say about it, but I’ve had a lot of beers, and this is the only beer that I buy EVERY TIME I see it in the store. It’s that good.

Bottle courtesy of balzac. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Smells of coffee, chocolate, sweet malt. Taste balances the coffee with the malt profile nicely with some dark fruity hints present as the beer warms. Velvety mouthfeel with a finish that yields some bitterness. Definitely a big surprise.

22 oz bottle, via Zathrus13. Pours a pitch black body, zero light passing thru, with a one inch fizzy dark brown head. The nose is very roasty with some heavy coffee and cream. Very earthy and sweet smelling at the same time. Lots of dark chocolate, reminds me of dark chocolate M&Ms. Really nice flavor, not overly roasted and without any astringency at all. There’s a nice citrusy quality to the coffee that works really well with the roasted malt. Zero alcohol flavor, incredibly smooth and drinkable. Smooth, not overly thick or cloying in the slightest, with perfect soft gentle carbonation. This was just awesome. Maybe one of the easiest drinking Imperial Stouts I’ve ever had.

Bottle. Poured a nice black body with luscious head. Aroma is a pleasant chocolate and coffee scent. Very silky smooth body with a creamy milk chocolate and nice coffee bitterness. The flavor rolls around on the tongue for quite a while after each sip. Alcohol is slips in under the radar. This is well done.

22oz bomber. Served into Duvel tulip. Pour is the standard impy. black with a nice thick brown head. Aromas of burnt/roasted malt, strong coffee and thats about it. Flavor is outstanding with tons of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, caramel notes, and no alcohol presense at all. Wow, I was debating buying this one since Long Trail brewed it, but I am more than pleasantly surprised! For $2.99 a bomber I think I might just go and but a case. Amazing brew!

bottle courtesy of zathrus13. pours a dense dark drown, with a generous dark brown head that lasts for a while and then returns with a swirl, very nice. nose is of both brewed coffee as well as freshly roasting coffee beans, awesome. a very woody, nutty, chocolately flavor is present through the whole mouth, which is identical to the aroma. a very full body, very creamy and oily. a huge hit of prune bitterness in the finish, that diminishes nicely into the sweet caramel maltieness and less bitter smokey and hop flavors. very solid offering this vermont brewer to keep you warm in the winter.