Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

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

Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez Glouglouburp. Arôme: Odeur de café et de chocolat avec une pointe de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café et de chocolat mi-amer. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de céréales en arrière goût. (Rating #2496)

Puke brown color that’s clear and thin and unimpressive looking. For a coffee stout, let alone a cappucino stout, let alone an imperial cappucino stout, this one was so light on coffee that I would have guessed it for a porter. Honestly I didn’t think anything of this beer, it tastes like a sub 50% beer that you could find at boring restaurants. Not my favorite, and certainly not offensive, but it doesn’t really have anyhting to offer in my opinion. Not bad, but as bland as it gets.

Bottle; poured a dark brown color with some auburn hints; not nuch head. Aroma of coffee, earth, caramel, cocoa, and vanilla. Flavor was pretty solid, just like the aroma. Alot of coffee and earth in the flavor up front, with a bit of roasted malt and caramel undertones. Not much hopping Some light chalkiness.

Poured out a very dark brown brew with red highlights, a huge light brown head with good retention and lacing. The aroma is strong and bitter from the roasted coffee, slight dark fruit, a bit of spice (more of a herbal note), dull chocolate and earthy. When it warmed up the fruity smell comes out nicely pushing it ahead of other similar brews. The flavour is mainly just a big bitter coffee punch but it does mild considerably after warming, some mid to back end alcohol bite, some chocolate - so far this is a good beer. I’m kind of glad that it is 8.5%. It was very very bitter and somewhat harsh when cold. Full bodied, smooth mouth feel, good carbonation and has a long lasting bitterness.

Source: 22 oz bomber from Green’s in Atlanta.
Glass: English pint glass.
Appearance: Dark brown with red highlights and a two finger brown head.
Aroma: Notes of coffee, chocolate and roasted malt and a hint of caramel.
Flavor: Heavy chocolate and coffee notes. Bitter finish from the coffee.
Palate: Medium body with mild carbonation.
Overall: Not all I hoped it would be. Coffee presented as stale, old coffee. Lacked depth to be considered great.

Tap. After having a bunch of ipa styled beer, this was a nice change of pace. Coffee/cappucino flavors with a malty toffee finish. yum.

Bottle, Mr. Goodbar Beer Club. Deep ruby body. Nose is coffee, hot peppers (some coffee beers present themselves like this to me), rich caramel malt. Flavor is rich maltiness, tingly alcoholic coffee cherries. Toffee in the finish with burnt coffee.

Tap at Blind Tiger. Had no idea I hadn’t ever had this. Decent stout, kind of milky/lactic, with bitter cappuccino notes that don’t so much say fresh coffee as 3-day old coffee. Some malt-sweetness more in the caramel/crystal vein than expected. Pretty decent, too milky. 8.3% seems a touch high to be listed as a regular stout, too.