Southern Tier Jah-va

Bouteille de 22 oz achetée chez RSVP (Portland, ME). Arôme: Odeur de café avec une pointe de chocolat et d’alcool. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café avec une pointe chocolatée. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est plein avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #1984)

Bottle. Thanks to msante79 for this fine brew. Poured a deep black with dark tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Tastes of roasted malt, coffee, dark fruits and vanilla. Thick and creamy without being sticky. Would like this again.

Poured a deep opaque black color with no light able to penetrate. Some subtle burgundy highlights show when held to the porch light. Creates a thin but sustaining tan head with just a few spotty wisps of lacing. A nicely balanced aroma profile greets the nose consisting of freshly ground darkly roasted coffee beans, black malts, dark chocolate and a touch of vanilla bean. Palate is moderately thick and creamy with a pleasant smoothness for a 12%’er. Flavor profile proudly shows off lots of fresh ground dark roasted beans coated in chocolate and molasses with a touch of vanilla. The alcohol certainly nudges itself into the picture with a pleasant warming effect. A nice creamy sweet finish which would make this a superb dessert beer. Definitely a top notch coffee Imperial Stout.

Bottle. Pours black with a tan head. The aroma is of coffee, some dark and berry citrus, roasted malts, cocoa, and molasses. The initial flavour is of the molasses and some coffee notes and even more subtle citrus notes. Once the brew leaves the tongue, the roasty malts explode. Coffee notes strengthen a little as the citrus also becomes a little more prominent. Hops begin to show itself and create a light bitterness. The finish is just lightly dry, but smooth for the most part, a bit sticky, and quite sweet. This is enjoyable, but not enough coffee in my opinion.

Near black pour, cream colored head. Smells like a mocha latte. Roasted malt and coffee, accents of mocha. Very creamy mouthfeel. Some mocha, raisin as it warms. Alcohol nearly completely hidden. Nice espresso finish. Quite excellent. This and the Bell’s Java Stout are the best I have had, with this being a little bit better.

Bottle. Aroma of coffee, sweet alcohol, roasted malt covered up by sugar. Flavor kinda the same, sugar, milky, coffee is still there, but not in any wowing way. Needs more coffee for the name, and is otherwise pretty boring, especially for a 12% beer.

Bottle. Pours black with a thick tan head that lasts (it has a much thicker, longer-lasting head than most other imperial stouts which is quite surprising for a 12% beer). Flavor of sweet roasted malt, alcohol, stale wheat grains. Flavor is sweet, with sweet roasted malt and only a hint of alcohol. Slightly hoppy finish. I don’t really get coffee here though. Decent impy and not very overpowering for such a strong beer. A little lacking in the flavor department but still a smooth drink.

Pours with a black body topped by a thin, brown head with a good amount of lacing. IT’s sweet and malty with a note of vanilla and cream, some roasted coffee and some fruity alcohol esters. Full bodied, smooth yet warming.