Willoughby Coffee Stout

Draft at the brewpub. Aroma: Roasted malt with a good coffee note. Light chocolate and anise. Appearance: Black in color with a small ruby highlight. Head was medium tan, small and fleeting. No lacing. Flavor: Roasted malt, coffee, light chocolate, and caramel. Picking up a bit of the oatmeal as it warms. Finishes medium-sweet. Palate: Medium-light bodied. Moderate carbonation. Overall: Pretty boring. One dimensional flavor, light mouthfeel and carbonation. Meh.

On Tap at the Willoughby Brewing Company, of course. Dark black pour, with a small dark brown head that dissapeared rather quickly. The aroma is coffee. You don’t smell much more of anything else. The beer is not as full bodied as a stout should be, but that really is the only down side to this beer. The flavor starts out as a nice roasty malt. Very mellow, then peaks to an almost completly coffee finish. Not a beer you can drink a lot of, but still very good.

On draught at the brewpub. Pours like a glass of cold black coffee with a minute beige head and no lacing to speak of. Strong espresso and caramel aroma. Rich body and silky smooth, with a flavor like coffee with creamer added. Some roasted malt and hops flavors too. The finish is smooth and creamy with more coffee flavor and a somewhat bitter roasty aftertaste. I am not really a coffee drinker but I like this quite a bit.