 BBB63 (4257), La Porte, Indiana, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 25, 2008 GTMW 2008: Brown hue with reddish highlights. The aroma is coffee (duh), roasted and chocolate malts, walnut, some herbal hops and an earthy yeast ester. The taste is sweet malt and walnut with a straight forward coffee character. A hint of fig and juniper like flavors as well. The mouth feel has the problem many coffee beers do, thinner than it should be. Despite the weak mouth feel, I still liked this beer quite a lot.
glkaiser (1171), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 12, 2008 OBF 2008. Beautiful coffee/sweet roasted malt aroma. The coffee taste is done just right, and I love it. Give me more.
GeneralGao (3063), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 10, 2008 GTMW ’08. Poured a clear dark orange-brown color. The head was light tan with an almost orange-ish tint. The aroma was subdued coffee. Light to medium bodied with coffee and chocolate notes. Good, but didn’t bowl me over. I preferred the regular Bender.
stankenk (130), Maplewood, Minnesota, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 7, 2008 Sampled at Surly in Brooklyn Center. Another good brew from Surly. Pour is a dark brown . The nose is highly roasted coffee. Comes across the palate with strong notes of coffee with a hint of chocolate on the finish. I don’t much care for coffee, I loved it, & I couldn’t get enough of it.
BuckeyeBoy (1672), Boise, Idaho, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 4, 2008 At Oregon Brewers Festival 2008 Pours out a dark brown topped with a tan head. Holly coffee batman. Aroma was very nice. Tast more of the coffee and some sweetness from chocolate. A very tasty brew. I think they should have called with one Coffee Blender.
kosko20 (313), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 2, 2008 Updated: Oct 26, 2008A major improvement over the regular Bender. Nice, sweet aroma with coffee and hints of roasted malts. Appearance is dark brown with a dark tan head that fades quickly. Flavor is well balanced that is predominately coffee and hints of chocolate, malts and hops. Very smooth with a balanced finish (not bitter, not dry, not sweet). Impressed because I wasn’t expecting much since I was disappointed by the regular.
Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 28, 2008 Sampled at Oregon Brewers Festival 2008--Dark brown-black body. Bubbly, somewhat thin though opaque with an almost nonexistant head. Nose of straight up espresso. Super coffee! Thin mouthfeel. Little flavor outside of coffee. A little bitterness and acidity, but it is hard to say if it is due to hops or java. Not my bag.
stchloe (491), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 27, 2008 OBF 08 Its beer, its coffee, its a coffee beer that really really smells and tastes like coffee. How much do I love this? Alot. Beer is now a morning drink.
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