Freigeist Caulfield - Mocha Flush

Freigeist Bierkultur
Brewed at Gasthaus-Brauerei Braustelle
Style: Imperial Stout
Stolberg, Germany

Serve in Snifter

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Bottled. The aroma has roasted malts, chocolate/moccha and a hint of coffee. Black coloured with a thin, beige head. The taste is sweet, has roast, coffee, chocolate, is a bit creamy and has some woody tones there. Quite nice.

Weich malziger Beginn mit erkennbarem Roggenton. Leichte Vanille- und anschließend Kaffeenoten, dabei röstig und etwas alkoholisch. Der Alkoholeindruck bleibt bestehen, er stört aber nicht. Anschließend setzt eine starke Bitterschokoladennote ein. Rund, stark, vollmundig, gut! 7/14/12/14/12/14

BBF 2012 de barril. Cremosa, densa, fosca. Aromes a vainilla i cacau. Molt bona!

(375ml bottle) Pours a dark brown (near black) body with a spare beige head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, raisins, vanilla, wood, and caramel. Flavor of roasted malt, coffee, smoke, ash, and wood.

In short: A smooth and round stout with a different flavor profile. Good beer
How: Bottle 375ml, Consumed probably fresh a few weeks after purchase directly from the source
The look: Black body topped by a medium beige head
In long: The unusual nose has oak, plenty of fungus, some roast, vanilla. Taste is very roasted, plenty of spicy wood, some rye, lots of vanilla, a bit of nougat, green leafy/minty hops, a tiny bit of smoke, light notes of bananas. Full velvety body with low carbonation. Overall, original, well balanced and tasty. This beer had an original blend of flavor elements that made it stand out from the crowd. Doesn’t really have much of a mocha flavor but that’s not a problem per say. I am happy to report that this beer didn’t suffer from the same problems that plagued the regular Caulfield and Caulfield Not Just Plain Vanilla I had, both were ruined by a marinated onions flavour. Therefore I will assume that the awful bottles I had from the Caulfield series were a one-batch problem. And the funniest thing about this rating conclusion is that by the time you realize I don’t have anything to add in this last sentence it’s too late for you to stop reading it.

At ACBF 2011. Very deep brown colour. Boozy. Some coffee, but boozy and not my favourite style or flavour.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. pitch black with a khaki head. coffee, sweet roasted malts, and syrup. thick and chewy, syrup, chocolate, and a coffee finish.

37,5cl bottle @Pikkulintu. BBE 03/2012. Poured black with a thin brown head. Aroma was coffee, roasted malt and licorice. Vanilla, roasted malt and coffee in flavor, Bitter slightly sour, woody finish.

(Bottle, 0.375 - BBE 03/2012, at Pikkulintu, 20111203) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and light brown. Aroma had hops, coffee and roasted malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, coffee, liquorice, alcohol, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste had hops, coffee and bitterness. The coffee wasn’t too much present which was nice.

bottled, thanks to bu11zeye, poured black with a milk and ice cream aroma, flavor of charred wood, vanilla , bitter roast