Emelisse Espresso Stout

Brewed by Bierbrouwerij Emelisse
Style: Imperial Stout
Kamperland, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy dark brown body, almost black, with a small fizzy brown head that faded to a thin ring rather quickly. The nose is a bit of a mixed bag for me in terms of what I like. There’s some nice coffee and roast notes, but it also smells a bit acrid and burnt. A nice slight undertone of sweet chocolate. The flavor leans a bit too much to the burnt and chalky side for me, the coffee flavors are pretty nice, especially on the finish, but the underlying malt base of the beer just doesn’t work for me. The mouthfeel is pretty smooth as far as the texture goes, but it’s a little astringent. Nice soft gentle carbonation from the bottle conditioning. An interesting beer all in all, it’s got some parts that I really like, but also some parts that detract. Not something that I’d seek out again.

Bottle: Very dark amber coloured with ruby sparks, medium-sized tanned head with a little lace, coffee, burnt coffee-beans, wood toasted malt and molasses in the really complex aroma; solid bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied and smooth; lingering coffeeish finish - cough syrup detectable - with a lingering, as well, balancing malt bitterness in the aftertaste. Yes, a goody....

Black coffee collor with no head. Smell of dark pure chocolate. Taste of coffee. Definately one-of-a-kind beer.

Bottled. Pours pitch black with a smalle creamy tan head. Nose of roasted malts, coffee and caramel. Sweet flavor with again roasted malts, coffee and notes of dark fruit. Mdium to full bodied, oily texture and soft carbonaton. Ends up dry and quite bitter. A nice one.

33cl long kneck bottle. Brown and creamy head, persistent foam, deep dark brown beer. Nose is hoppy, flavors of coffee, caramel, roasted malt and soy sauce. Taste is quite bitter, you can easily feel the coffee with some touch of caramel. Bitterness is very dry.

Aroma di caffè, malti tostati, liquirizia, cioccolato. Gusto inizialmente equilibrato per poi sbilanciarsi verso note amare.

33 cl bottle @ home. Pours dark brown with some sediment and a small mocha head that fades leaving some lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, espresso, and soy sauce. Taste is coffee and roasted malt with a little bit of warming alcohol.

Bottle from AJ's. Lighter aroma. Bready malts. Not a ton of coffee. What's there works well with the rest of the beer but is nothing special in and of itself. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pour Dark brown, almost opaque, with a small fizzy tan carb. Aroma og coffee, chocolate, soy sauce, roasted malts, (seawater?) Taste is quite bitter, from all of the coffee. Semi-long dry and bitter aftertaste. Watery body, with a semi-flat carb. Slight alcoholic burn is detected.

bottle at home. Very dark brown with a creamy head. Aroma is roasty and nutty. Wellbalanced bitterness, roastiness, a little alcholburn.

coffee, nuts, toast, dark brown, brown foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, bitter, long finish,