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RATINGS: 163   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.5   EST. CALORIES: 159   ABV: 5.3%
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Our coffee beer is more "iced coffee" than "double-mocha-mud", more "summer quencher" than "winter warmer". I start with a brown Mexican lager to compliment the coffee of choice, "Nicaragua" (beans from the La Fem Grower’s Co-operative, roasted by Just Coffee of Madison.) I include flaked maize both for added creaminess and to appease the sun gods. Extra-warm fermentation lets the yeast create more interesting flavors (the California-common effect, or "Vapor Beer", if you speak Beer-Spanglish.) Hop bitterness is increased to offset the sweet flavor of un-brewed coffee. Whole beans are soaked in the beer during cold maturation - the alcohol extracts and retains aromatics that would otherwise be lost to hot water. You want numbers? Well, numbers you shall have: 15 degrees Plato; 37 IBU’s; 5.3% ABV.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
kp (9999) - Woodstock, Georgia, USA - JAN 18, 2009

Date: November 01, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine off white head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: rich roasted coffee aroma, just a hint of caramel sweetness
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor with lots of coffee flavor, good sweetness to balance the heavy coffee, light bitterness from the roast
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
anders37 (9280) - Malmö, SWEDEN - AUG 9, 2011
Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty coffee and caramel aroma. Roasted malty coffee flavor with hints of caramel. Has a roasted malty coffee finish.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
cgarvieuk (7988) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JUL 21, 2009
Bottle on Train from Shefield to Huddersfield with Nightfall ... Brown ... big foam head ... big coffee nose with a little toffee ... sweet malty... little yeast ... again some coffee ... little bitterness.

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
bhensonb (7144) - Woodland, California, USA - NOV 4, 2009
Bottle from allendodd. Thanks for this and all the others! Pours a ruddy copper with a three-finger beige head. It laced a bit. Aroma is coffee. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is mostly coffee. There’s some dark malt underneath. Lager? Ok. But it can stand up against a lot of porters and stouts. Damn tasty ale, er lager!!!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
hopdog (6943) - Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 22, 2008
12oz bottle acquired in trade with ughsmash (thanks!). Mmmm, coffee, I love coffee in my beer! Poured a deep orangish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of coffee, roast, earthy/dirt, and some chocolate. Tates of coffee, vanilla cream, caramel, and lighter earthiness.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
JoeMcPhee (6835) - Toronto, ON, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 31, 2009
Thanks to goldtwins for sharing this one. Amber brown beer with a thin white head. Aroma is quite coffeeish and fairly rich smelling. Soft sweet toasty caramel behind it. Much lighter in colour and flavour than every other coffee beer that I’ve had, but still quite coffeeish. A touch of light sweetness and fresh herbal coffee. I like this actually.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
MartinT (6150) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - AUG 11, 2010
My Bottom Line:
This lager’s deep coffee presence is nicely integrated to toasted malts which build a smooth, well-rounded body with a delicate finish of earthy hops and roasted malts.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A slice of foam covers the dark amber.
-This doesn’t taste like a lager at all, which probably helps this beer to be well rated here.
-The finishing bitterness is less intense than the coffee flavor and aroma.
-This is flawlessly executed brew which pleased me a lot more than what I had expected after reading the recipe notes.

Bottle.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Cletus (6025) - Connecticut, USA - OCT 9, 2008
Bottle courtesy of tytoanderso. Pours copper with a white head. Smells of caramel, coffee, pepper. Tastes of coffee rinds with an earthy finish.


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