Lakefront Fuel Cafe

12 oz from LifeSource,Salem OR Nice looking stout, very dark brown almost black but not quite, nice tan head. Aroma is fine, as expected, coffee and roasty malts. Sweet malty flavour, with a hint of nice dark coffee, some fruity aspects also. Plate is quite watery, really watery in fact even for a sub-5% beer. OK but coulda been better had they improved the palate.

I’m a big fan of coffee stouts, and in my opinion this beer is a great example. Roasted malts and coffee beans give a pleasant coffee house aroma. Flavor is roasted barley (for the stout) and definite coffee, almost a mocha taste. There is an odd sweet/bitter dichotomy happening in the beer that really makes it pleasant to consume. Not quite as robust in the mouthfeel dept as some stouts, Fuel Cafe is still a top notch offering in my book.

12 oz bottle. Black with a thin brown head. Lots of coffee in the nose, malty, lightly roasty. Coffee less pronounced in the flavor, but still strong, sweet malt and mild nuttiness. Body is thin and watery, it really detracts from the beer. Meh.

12oz brown bottle from The Lighthouse in Manchester as part of this brewery’s sampler 8-pack. Pours an opaque black body with a good inch of short-lived tan head. Smells roasty - like black coffee with dark chocolate notes. Tastes roasty and sweet, with strong coffee and chocolate notes. Full-bodied with ample carbonation, one sip definitely invites another. Nothing wrong with this brew - practically perfect coffee stout!

12oz bottle. Pours opaque with a small beige head. Brew had a faint coffee aroma with some burnt toffee. More coffee in the flavor, a light hop bite was present as well. Not the best stout.

Bottle: Deep brown pour with a thin tan head. The aroma has some barley roast, mild cocoa and stale/old coffee grinds. A bit thin in body, but slick and mildly carbonated. Flavor has some milk chocolate, cream and old coffee grinds- tastes like a cigarette was dropped into an old coffee. Not well integrated, but not the worst.

Bottle purchased at D’s Six Pax. Pours black brown, off white head. Aroma is anise, coffee, chocolate, malt. Flavor is hoppy, smoky, malty, slightly sour. This beer smells and tastes slightly vinegary, which is a bit strange for a sweet stout. Perhaps my bottle was bad?

Black colored potion, small tan head with no bubble action in the bottle. Caramel sweet aroma with raisin smell and a shot of the coffee thats advertised on the label. A bit of hops cleans up the sweet aroma. A complex palate, sweet malt and berry at first a steady strong flavor, and next is the bold coffee tast. An amount of hop is present to balance the sweetness but it stays below all the sweet malt. Palate is hearty but not thick. Overall an excellent stout and the best Lakefront beer in the variety pack that I purchased. I would take it home again.