New Glarus Coffee Stout

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

First of all, this is a very appealing label - most all of the New Glarus labels are pretty cool, actually, But this one seems to to a great job of evoking a sort of 1950’s coffee shop. The actual beer dark brown with reddish hints and a thin tan head. Aroma of coffee (duh) and smoke. Palate initiall seems thick, but thins out rather quickly. Flavors of coffee, smoke, and a slightly spicy finish. Thanks to Marinaro500 for this trade!

Dark brown body, airy light tan head. Coffee is dominating in the aroma with some roasted malt also. Also coffee in the flavor with a tone of citrus. Quite thin and watery.

A pitch black beer with a small disappearing light brown head. The aroma is of roasted malt and coffee, and so is the flavor, before it ends on a dry note from the roasted malt. Surprisingly thin body.

Bottled: Brownish red coloured. Brown head. Roast, coffee, light smoke and hops in the aroma. Very aromatic. Roasty and watery flavour. The coffee flavours are there, but not as distinct as in the aroma. Thin body leads to an quick end. Thanks CaptianCougar for trading this.

The color is black with a slghtly yellowish head. Aroma of coffee and walnuts. The taste is light coffee with some mushrooms and a touch of dirt. The finish has some slight bitterness that reminds you that there are some hops in this. The flavors are light here, but still very pleasant.

The label recommends consumption at room temperature, which I have done, and I wonder if it suffered from that. Other things on this label are less than true, but we’ll get to that later. I like this brewery, I’ve liked the other beers I’ve had, but I also love stouts, and live for coffee stouts. I’m pretty demanding that way. It had better be coffee, or someone’s gonna be sorry!(Probably me) Color is a dark brown/black, with a big tan head atop that soon crumbles into nothingness. Nose: sweet,..and dry...and bitter. But nothing else. Coffee’s there, a little, but none too pronounced. Mild, if any, hops, big, full malt, full body, but as for texture and taste, I’m left searching. It drinks down fine, it stands in nicely as a run-of-the-mill stout, but as a coffee stout, it’s a rather weak example. A decent drink, but there is no "spectrum of extravagant flavor" as the label boasts, nor are there any really "deep coffee flavors." Sorry, New Glarus!

Maybe the bottle I had went skunk, but this was one of the worst stouts I’ve tried. I like coffee, I like beer, but I don’t like beer that tastes like old, cold, coffee. Initial aroma was great, reminded me of the Harrison’s Black Diamond, but the flovor was a major turn-off.

Another great offering from New Glarus. Pours very dark, nice lacing. Not as much coffee flavor as I was expecting. Sweet choclate and coffee tastes, no dominant flavor. A nice sweet stout, but a bit unsure of itself.