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Pisgah Valdez

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1023.86/5.03.79/5.0Special6.8%97.3English pint
Commercial Description:
This mouth watering stout is brewed with organic, fair-trade coffee beans from Asheville Coffee Roasters and weighs in at a respectable 6.8%. The aroma of fresh coffee leaps from the glass, and finishes slightly dry. Treat yourself to the finest coffee stout this season.
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 Beerlando (2319), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Oct 31, 2008  
Courtesy dchmela. The pour yields a deep, dark chocolate brown body with a small, well retained blanket of tan colored foam. Random, spotty lacing marks the glass. The aroma is big and roasty, with dry, dark cocoa and rich, lightly creamed coffee notes. Flavors follow suit, showing that same, beautiful pairing of semi-sweet dark cocoa and bold, roasted espresso. Some earthy hop bitterness further balanced the swetness of the chocolate malts. Straightforward, but delicious. The only major detractor here is the palate, which is substantial enough, but is a good deal overly carbonated. Tasty brew!


 PhillyBeer2112 (2087), Orange Park, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Big coffee and chocolate aroma. Dark brown with a tight ring of foam. Roast and coffee flavors, with a medium body. Easy lightly roasted finish.


 Skyview (4045), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 26, 2008  
Sampled from 750 ml bottle during Surly D-Day. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a creamy beige head that has some nice retention and lacing. Aroma of mostly coffee and dark chocolate that overpowers any dark malts. Taste is medium bodied, very low carbonation with more coffee flavors with a hint of chocolate, vanilla and caramel. Finish has a mild metallic texture with a coffee and dark malt aftertaste.


 oreogobbler (217), Austin, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/516/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Strong coffee aroma, milk chocolate, and caramel. Pours black with a cream colored thick head. Coffee coffee cofee flavor, with a hint of caramel. Palate is watery and coffee like. I love coffee flavored beer. But I wish it had more depth.


 Rciesla (3611), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Oct 16, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a black with 1 finger creamy brown head. Chocolate, vanilla, caramel malt. Coffee bitter with a dry finish. Toffee, has a slight metallic flavor as it warmed that was off.


 BrianK (190), Livingston, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Oct 16, 2008  
Shared by Rciesla. Thanks broski. Pretty straightforward coffee stout. As it warms, finish gets ugly. Better cold.


 tronraner (1916), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 16, 2008  
Bottle at the 2008 pre-Brewers’ Jam warmup. Pours black with amber edges and a thin brown head. The aroma is unapologetically freshly ground coffee (not the beverage, the ground beans). The flavor is very deep, earthy coffee with some distant stout flavors behind it. This is more coffee than beer, really, but I love a high quality coffee, and this hits the mark.


 BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Bottle shared by Suttree at the Pre-Brewer’s Jam Tasting. Pours black with a thin tan head. Big aromas of fresh ground roast coffee beans. The flavor finds lots of coffee with a nut and dark chocolate backing. Medium body. Sweet with a coffee bitter aftertaste. Very nice.



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