Terrapin Oaked Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout

Brewed by Terrapin Beer Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Athens, Georgia USA

Serve in Snifter

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Tap@ TacoMac, John’s Creek. Black pour. Dark brown head. Loads of earthy green coffee bean flavor. Huge coffee bean. Aroma of bourbon vanilla essence. As it warms it tastes of big vanilla and a touch of big oak barrel. Lots of oak in the finish. An already perfect beer with the perfect tweek. Awesome, Spike does it again!

On tap at the Brick Store. Pours dark brown/black with a good size brown head and good lace. Smells of big chocolate and coffee with some slight roasty flavors as well. Tastes of coffee and chocolate sweetness with some roasted malts and not a whole lot of wood character. Lingering dark fruit flavors. Medium/full body, good carbonation.

Appearance: Served up at the nearby Taco Mac a black body topped with a half-inch layer of dark tan froth. Smell: A nose of richly roasted malts imparting predominate notes of dark chocolate and robust coffee. Giving it some good deep sniffs, I can glean out some subtle, subdued oak wood accents. Taste: Deeply roasted maltiness boosted with a full shot of chilled Kahlua and tastes of individually-wrapped dark chocolate squares. Faint, smooth hint of vanilla and even some spicy oakiness. Ponderous amount of roastiness throughout. Moderate bitterness. Touch of charred pecans nearing the end. Continuous roast character on the drying finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body that weighs heavy on the tongue. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: It’s good! Never more than a touch of the oak character emerges through the staunch, heavy maltiness, adding to the overall complexity of the brew without bowling you over in oakiness.

On tap @ Brick Store. Pours black. Nose is heavy rich roast coffee, roasted grains, smoked malts, earthy hops and fresh cut wood. Flavor is oak heavy, fresh strong coffee beans, cocoa, earth.

Draught at Taco Mac Metropolis. As I said with the last brew I had, I don’t understand how this one got a relatively low score, in comparison with the original Wake-n-Bake; I liked this one better. Nice black body (obviously opaque), with a nice light chocolate head. A nice looking brew. Head slowly fades away to a wispy head. Wow, nice big oak presence in the aroma. Actually, much more present than I had expected. The coffee is much more subdued in the oak-aged version. Chocolate aroma is also coming through much more than expected. Ok, coffee is coming through as I let it "chill" for a minute. A nice and nuanced aroma. I think the original version is very astringent, in terms of aroma, because of the damn coffee. Chocolate and oak are present at first and then the coffee comes right through. It (the coffee) mixes with the chocolate quite well. The oak provides an underlying presence throughout the whole experience. Very smooth and creamy texture. The chocolate, at times, seems to come through more. Glad to have tried this, and again, I feel this represents the Wake-n-Bake better than the other one.

Pours black with light brown head. Medium aroma of pure espresso bean. Full and creamy on palate with coffee flavors--lots and lots of coffee. I love coffee, so I love this beer and could probably drink it with breakfast. That said, it doesn’t have a whole lot of dimension, so if I’m rating objectively, I think I can only give it a 15/20.

This is an improved wake and bake. The carbonation is lowered, the wood is there but subtle. Taking an already great beer and making it better. Excellent.

On tap. Poured dark brown, almost black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted coffee, oak, vanilla. Taste is roasted malt, coffee, dry oak, vanilla, light chocolate. Mouth is creamy and then dry in the finish. Overall, a nice take on WnB and a beer I would like to see more of.

draft, brickstore pub. deep black. mocha up front - milk chocolate and fresh robust dark roast coffee, extremely full and frothy, and thank god it’s not overly sweet or over oaked. creamy, decadent and semi sweet. rich and full bodied. surprisingly well-made.

This was a nice offering at the Atlanta Cask ale tasting. Though I am not a huge fan of the Wake-n-Bake due to its over bearing coffee. This cask was a little mellower and the vanilla oak really was nice and helped this beer out a ton. Nice jobs on this one.