Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Petaluma, California USA

Bought a bomber at Arrow Liquors in Littleton, Co. Only $3.99! Appearance- Dark Brown with great clarity and a creamy tan head which sticks around for a while. It’s pretty light in color for a stout, but the thin part of the glass produces a mahagony color that really adds to the experience. Aroma- Coffee, woody-aroma, with some toffee notes. Taste- Coffee and roasted malt comes through, there are enough hops to balance, but the maltiness comes through well. There is a carmelly sweetness that prevails. The alcohol taste is very present. Palate- Very drinkable, a little thin, but sometimes I like that, as long as a malt backbone comes through, which it does. Overall Impression- Great beer, extremely drinkable.

(bottle) Very dark pour w/ a decent, mostly diminishing head. Aroma is bittersweet chocolate and chili pepper. Medium body w/ dark roasted malt and hint of coffee. Finishes w/ a spicy bite.

Poured from a bottle into pint-sized glass: almost black with dark mahogany hints at the edges. About a thumb’s worth of off-white head with a fair amount of lacing throughout. Smells of roasted coffee beans with a hint of dark chocolate. Taste is how a stout should taste! The boldness of the coffee bean and chocolate flavor is not overcast by the alcohol. As it warms, the sweetness of brown sugar begins to come through in ernest. The hops seemed to speak very little. Drinkability was exquisite. The high alcohol level was almost undetectable over the rich roasted malty goodness. Definitely a sipping beer that you never want to run out of. Reviewed on: 01-21-2007

Bottle. Pours a deep brown/black. Rather sweet and somewhat acidic. Sticky and different. Not a lot of coffee, more like a coffee candy or latte. Not too bad, but nothing great. Okay.

poured a dark brown colour with a tan head. Creamy coffee and light fruity alc aroma. Flavour was cappuccino coffee and light milky chocolate finish.

Dark and rich stout, with overwhelming coffee and cream flavors. I really did love the taste, but the mouthfeel was a little sticky and strange. Definitely something I’ll purchase again though.

Poured from bomber dark brown, nearly black, little to no foamy head. Aroma of coffee, chocolates, hops and a bit of vanilla. Flavour much of the same, rich texture, solid yet liquidly sticky. Yes, definatley a stout, however somewhat hybrid, well made beer. perfect for cold nights, sitting out back with fire and sausages. Looking down at wifes nice apple ass and knowing that its yers to tap. Perhaps not an ’’imperial’’ beer, but very well made, quite drinkable.

This is a good coffee brew, but not nearly in the same category as the Bells, Founders, or Terrapin coffee offerings. The palate is a little thin for me, and I felt like the roast could have been a little bolder. I’m a big fan of espresso though, so I might be a little bias.