Dominion Morning Glory Espresso Stout

Brewed by Old Dominion Brewing Company (Coastal Brewing Co.)
Style: Sweet Stout
Dover, Delaware USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle. Pours a clear dark brown, almost black body, with a minimal fizzy light brown head that quickly faded to a thin ring. The nose is just bursting with citrusy coffee and roasty maltiness. Smells like it’s pretty dry and there’s zero alcohol noticeable. The flavor is driven mostly by the coffee, which is very well done, it’s lightly citrusy and the bitterness is kept completely in check. Some slight sweetness below the coffee, but it’s not clingy or sweet. Just a nice well rounded coffee stout, I have a hard time believing that this is 9% ABV, there really isn’t any hint of booziness. Medium bodied with soft minimal carbonation. Lingering dark-roast coffee finish. I really liked this one, but then again, I’m kinda a sucker for good coffee beers.

Malty dark coffee and chocolate smell with sweet nutty carmel in the end. Light tannins head and dark brown body. Spicy black coffee with a dry choclate that gets a little hot. Smooth a little carbonated and spicy on the palte. Pretty tasty

I enjoyed this at first, but it grew overly sweet by the end of the glass. The body is jet black with no real head and the aroma is strongly coffee and chocolate and a little vanilla. There’s a slightly boozy quality to the smell, too. The flavor is strong chocolate, and it’s very sweet, but by the end it was far too sweet and kind of artificial tasting. I liked the first half of the bottle a lot, though.

Draft at Surf Taco. The aroma on this is a close replacement to Breakfast Stout. The body was only medium at best but towards the end of the 12oz glass it seemed a tad bit thin,carbonation was a tad bot on the high end to make the body seem even thinner. Flavor was great, basically a cup of black coffee with some hops and burnt toast. Overall this is one solid underrated beer.

Bottle from Total Wine. Pours black with a small tan head that is dissipating fairly quickly. The aroma is fairly one dimensional with a whole bunch of coffee, coffee bean, even some coffee grinds. The taste is pretty similar with a big coffee flavor and some light lactic qualities that give it a nice mouthfeel. Very good brew that could really go somewhere if they added another dimension.. maybe some dark chocolate and even a dash of pepper.

Bottle: The aroma consists of moderate chocolate/cocoa,light coffee, fruit, and a touch of vanilla. It pours a dark brown with no transparency and a one finger beige head that quickly settles to a thin film outlined by a thicker ring. There is some sporadic dotted lacing left on the sides of the glass. The flavor starts with moderate milk chocolate with a touch of bakers chocolate. The finish has moderate coffee, roast, light vanilla, and a touch of fruit. it’s medium bodied with moderate carbonation and a slightly oily texture. There’s no sign of the 9% abv. Overall, it’s a good coffee stout, but stiff competition makes it unlikely I’d grab it off the shelf if a coffee stout was what I was in the mood for. We aren’t talking a world class beer here, but the 3.2 average seems awfully low.

On tap. Pours a dark black with a thin brown finger of head that quickly dissipates. Strong malty aroma with big notes of rich coffee and chocolate. Taste is espresso, roasted malts, and chocolate.

Poured a nice black color with a thick khaki colored head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, nuts, and bread. Taste is coffee, vanilla, cream, caramel, nuts and a slightly bitter but mostly sweet finish. Easy drinking for 9%.

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a dark brown color with a medium sized tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of roasted malts and coffee with an earthy note. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, faint hops. Finish of faint burnt and booze notes. Medium bodied, well balanced and quite drinkable. A success for these guys which is something I’m not quite used to.

On tap at Churchkey. Dark brown with tan head. Nose of oak, and dark chocolates. Taste is roasty, malts, espresso, coffee and chocolate. Vanilla notes. Milky edges.