Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

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.

On tap at College Inn from way back. Dark brown color with a tan head. Big notes of mocha coffee and bitterness. Great balance.

22 oz bottle. Was interested in this beer, because I do like coffee stouts quite a bit, and I have had Lag’s Gnarly Wine, which was good, so why not? Pours a surprisingly light color, a dark brown that catches the light around all the corner (reddish color), with no head. Smells of coffee, some cream, a little milk chocolate, and a hint of malt. Tastes of lots of bitter coffee (think of coffee, if you could burn it, that’s what it is like). Also a bit of creaminess, which is I suppose the cappuccino part of it? Goes down fairly smooth, but has too light of a mouthfeel for a stout, especially a coffee stout. Not bad though, especially for the price.

pours a deep brown with a tan head. notes of mocha, cold pressed coffee, chocolate malts. very smooth and drinkable. good beer.