Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

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

It’s true that it doesn’t have an overwhelming coffee flavor. BUT IT’S BEER!! Coffee is present, but so are the essence of dark fruits and chocolate. The Body is a tad thin for an imperial stout, and it loses a few points because of that. But pour it down the drain??? Are you f*cking crazy??? Sure, it’s not the best stout of all time...but for $3.79 a bomber, I certainly cannot complain. Instead, I’m heading out to buy more. Thanks Lagunitas!

Pours dark red-amber, almost black. Thin tan head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, fig and almond. Very nice. And it had a BIG flavor. Very fruity and nutty. I can taste everything from cherries, figs, raisins, almonds, chocolate, and yes, some espresso in there as well. Velvety full body. I really like this beer, and I’m surprised by some of the low ratings I’m seeing here. Maybe I just got a really good batch, but to me this beer is wonderful.

Pours a deep brown amber with slight mocha colored head. Lots of coffee flavor with chocolate bits. Lacks the body of a stout. If you like coffee, you’ll like this beer. But if you’re looking for a stout with coffee flavors, you’ll probably want to skip this one.

Bottle. Pours a brown color with little head. Smells of malt and a little coffee. Tastes similar with roasted malts and not much coffee flavor.

Strangly light brownish pour with a cream head. Roasted aroma of coffee and some malt. Good roasted coffee with some mocha/chocolate. A bit medium bodied, but a pretty serious brew. Low carbonation but not creamy. Pretty straight forward coffee drink, but not really a stout. Not quite sure what to make of this, I feel like there is much unrealized potential here. Almost like they got lost in creating another strong ale forgetting this was supposed to be a stout. Ends up not being poor, but not what it should be.

For a coffee beer this tasted surprisingly little like coffee. Poured a nice deep brown with tan head. Aroma was roasted malt, maybe a little coffee. Some oxidization and penny aroma. Flavor was fairly uninspiring. This one turned into a drain pour after about 3 sips. Ah well. they can’t all be winners.

Drank poured into a pint glass from the bottle. A hefty malted, roasty coffee aroma with some accompanying notes of chocolate and caramel; some light earthy hops too. Dark brown color with an amber tint, with a very small, bubbly, off-white head that had short retention. Fairly potent coffee taste is definitely present, also a touch of chocolate. Sweet in nature, with some underlying and finishing bitterness. Wet and watery on the palate, with a very full effect and lower carbonation; mostly smooth and fluid. I am not much of a coffee-drinker, but liked this beer fairly well.

a little light on the color for a stout. but a decent tan head. nice coffee aroma nd flvor. good flavor but a little light.