Summer Wine Barista

Brewed by Summer Wine
Style: Stout
Holmfirth, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Cask at Cask & Barrel Southside. Beautiful black pour, creamy head. Nose is coffee dominated with hints of vanilla and roast malts. Palate is velvety smooth, coffee is there but well-balanced. Nutty flavours, roasty malts. Finish is bitter but not aggressive. Nice.

Pours almost flat and black. There are coffee aromas but less than I’d expected. Coffee flavours. Judging by the other reviews there might have been a problem with my bottle, as I was really looking forward to this and it was a bit of a disappointment.

Bottle. Pours almost black with a tan head. Roast coffee aroma and flavour with some dark maltiness. Strong but not overpowering bitter coffee finish. Smooth mouthfeel. Very good.

UPDATED: APR 23, 2012 Keg @ Brauadar & bottle from The Euston Tap. Very dark brown colour, reasonable head. Roasted coffee aroma & flavour. Rich & smooth. I am not a big stout fan but this just works really well.

33cl bottle thanks to Stewart. Pours like a cappuccino. Massive freshly ground coffee nose. Tastes of coffee beans, some malt, but still cleans to some extent. The palate is medium to full bodied, creamy textured and reasonably clean. Overall, a good beer.

Draft @ Bruadar Bar. Black colour, beige head. Nose is roasted malts, coffee, espresso, fruity. Flavour is roasted malts, espresso, coffee, a bit metallic. Fairly bitter.

Bottle from online store. Smells very rich and bitter coffee. Thin in the mouth. Flavour is tight, hard and crunchy. In common with others, yes I do get pencil, fag ash and a little bit of Matchmakers. All I need to go with this, is an After Eight. Big flavour, which stands out amongst virtually every stout I’ve ever tried. Very nice.

(Cask at Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell, London, 23 Nov 2011) Black colour with brief, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of freshly ground coffee, espresso and a hint of blueberries. Malty, roasted taste with loads of freshly ground coffee, hints of blueberries and crowberries, and a generous coffee bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Possibly a bit one dimensional, but for a coffee geek this is a lovely beer.

The Thomas Leaper, Derby, 29/11/11. Looks pitch in here. With a fine, well- retained beige foam. Fag ash linger. Coffee with dollop of butter aroma. Burnt wood and plastic taste; grain, bunsened pencil. That’s exactly what it tastes like. Disappointing by Summer Wine’s standards.

Bottle thanks to Nate. It pours very dark brown, near black, with a thin beige head. The nose is coffee, smoke, bitter chocolate and burnt malt. The taste is coffee, burnt tire, roasted malt and smoke, with a dry-roasted finish. Thin to medium body and moderate carbonation. An enjoyable brew, if a touch on the thin side.