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Pisgah Valdez

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1033.86/5.03.79/5.0Special6.8%97.4English pint
Commercial Description:
This mouth watering stout is brewed with organic, fair-trade coffee beans from Asheville Coffee Roasters and weighs in at a respectable 6.8%. The aroma of fresh coffee leaps from the glass, and finishes slightly dry. Treat yourself to the finest coffee stout this season.
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 BMan1113VR (2884), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/515/20
Mar 20, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. A gusher surprisingly. Pours with a huge, creamy mocha colored head over a pitch black body. Great lace and full retention. Tons of really dark roast on the aroma, cinnamon and vanilla. Taste is leather, roast, vanilla, mocha roast, and no alcohol at all. One of my favorite coffee beers I have tried so far. Syrupy mouthfeel (especially for the ABV), with medium carbonation.


 Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Mar 20, 2009  
Bottle. Nose-dry cold pressed coffee, fresh wet coffee grounds. Body-dark brown, nearly opaque with a thick ring of bubbles. Taste-perfect coffee, dry must, dusty, sawdust, high stinging CO2, cigarette smoke.


 mar (1878), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Mar 19, 2009    Updated: Mar 20, 2009
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Black pour with a thi khaki head. Creamy chocolate nose with roasted malts. Easy on the palate with a deep dark chocolate flavor.


 gunhaver (1025), Tampa, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 19, 2009  
C&PLYFOTD: Bottle, courtesy fogdog. Brownish pour, with a thick head and lacing. Nose has tons of coffee, hazelnut, dry grain. Flavor is mostly coffee, dark grain, slight chocolate and a very smooth dry coffee roast in the finish. Very smooth overall, balanced well, yummy.


 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Courtesy dchmela. Black pour, broken tan head. Heavy powdered cocoa aroma, licorice, almond, alcohol. Thinnish on the palate. Taste is pretty mild, chocolate malt flavor, less straight cocoa, mild finish.


 MaltOMeal (652), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 3, 2009  
bottle shared at February Beer Advocate Tasting. Pours black with a light brown head. Nose is wonderful roast coffee. Taste is coffee, but doesn’t measure up to the aroma. Mouthfeel is thin with some carbonation. Disappointed, considering what I had heard about it.


 jah noth (1017), Rochester, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/104/516/20
Feb 26, 2009  
Intense aroma of coffee, roasted malt and bitter chocolate. Very black pour. A pffft at the open leads to a fairly carbonated beer - possibly too much primer. Lots of coffee and burnt caramel, mixed with roasted malts, including an abundance of Black Malt. Pretty darn good.


 nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Feb 22, 2009  
650 ml, Jan 09 vintage. Gushes a bit on opening. Tar-black pour with a large head that settles to a lasting quarter-inch foam. Nose of espresso, milk chocolate and caramel. Flavor is mostly espresso with a little milk chocolate and a hint of sour cream. A bit of char hiding in the finish. Nice drippy lacing on the glass. Medium-heavy body is roasty-dry, drinkably watery, but just a little too frothy with carbonation.



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