Central Waters Brewhouse Coffee Stout

Bottle and served in my Bells snifter: Deep brown with a fading frothy beige head and spotty lace. The aroma has notes of coffee, creme, tootsie rolls, walnut, and roast. The taste has an aggressive coffee and hop bitterness lightly supported by sweet chocolate and roasted malts. Some charred wood and burnt sugar on the finish. The mouth feel is a bit thinned down (a major flaw with most coffee imbued beers) and the alcohol is a tad noticeable. Well if you like coffee you like this otherwise stay away.

Courtesy dchmela. Dark brown color with light tan head. Great brewed coffee aroma backed by light roast and background sweetness. Flavor has a nice bitterness from the coffee that stays short of astringency and is well balanced with the roast. Tasted great, uses coffee well.

Pours a dark, dark brown that looks pitch black in the glass with a tan head that lingers for quite a while and leaves good lacing. Not surprisingly, coffee is the big player here with a roasted aroma that dominates the smell. There are also some hints of roasted malts and dark fruits. The taste is dominated by a slightly bitter coffee taste, but there is definitely a more prevalent sweet malt background than in the aroma. Dark fruits are also present, but the coffee comes back to leave a bitterness in the finish. Mouthfeel is silky smooth and medium bodied with strong carbonation for the style. I was really blown away by this one and would put it toward the top of my list of coffee stouts. It’s a wonderful brew and highly recommended!

WOW!! This beer was the nicest stout I have had in a looooong time! Incredible coffee flavors that some may think is too much, but I thought was incredible!! Pours a dark chocolate colour with a fairly large tan top. Aroma is strong of coffee, roasted malts, coffee and more coffee. Mouthfeel is creamy, heavy, and well carbonated. Taste is what you would expect but even more- lots of coffee and milk chocolate. The only beer I had all day but it blew me away. Can’t wait to have this again.

Bottle shared by notalush. Pours very dark brown, not quite black, with a moderate light brown head. Light aroma of coffee and malt. Not much else detected. More flavorful than the aroma suggests with rich malt, coffee and a few notes of bitter chocolate at the finish. A bit earthy at the finish as well, which I wasn’t crazy about. Ok, but nothing special.