Terrapin Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout

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

Name: Wake-n-Bake
Date: February 16, 2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac
Vintage: 2005
Appearance: black, lasting tan head
Aroma: rich roasted coffee aroma
Body: good body
Flavor: rich malt flavor with lots of coffee and roasted malts, touch of bitterness in the finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

Name: Wake-n-Bake
Date: December 08, 2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac
Vintage: 2006
Appearance: solid black, thin brown head, nice lace
Aroma: roasted malt aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: wonderful roasted flavor with lots of coffee character and very low bitterness, lots of chocolate comes through and lingers long into the finish
Overall: finally a black roasted coffee stout without the astrengent malt bitterness

Name: Wake-n-Bake
Date: January 19, 2006
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2006
Appearance: identical appearance
Aroma: huge roasted and coffee aroma
Body: body is just as creamy as the draft version
Flavor: same big flavor, bottle does a great job duplicating the draft with maybe a bit stronger aroma

Name: Wake-n-Bake
Date: February 25, 2006
Source: blind tasting
Vintage: 2006
Score: 3.4
Appearance: black, thin beige head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, touch of roasted, hint of sweet cream
Flavor: big roasted flavor, touch of lactose sweetness, light bitterness in the finish

Name: Wake-n-Bake
Date: January

2006 bottle. Pours a thick black with a small tan head that forms after the glass is set down. Quickly to a small ring that leaves some spotty lacing. Big powerful aroma and flavor of coffee and dark chocolate. Roasted. The oatmeal works in very well. As I get to the bottom of the glass, I start to get more dark fruits coming through in the aroma. The intensity of the aroma and flavor is turned up a notch on this one...you taste it long after you sip it. There is some alcohol but it fits in nicely. Very rich, smooth, and creamy...delicious and extremely enjoyable. Not a session beer by any means, this is a heavy brew but fits the style very well. Gonna hafta get s’more of this... EDIT: As I whittle down my stock of the ’06 batch, I just want to note that this is pouring with virtually no head and very low carbonation which is in contrast with many reviews here. Perhaps it is the ’06 vintage? I dunno. If it was very carbonated I wouldn’t rate it as high as I prefer my stouts to be thick, rich and low in carbonation and what I have here fits the bill perfectly. I’d put this right up there with the Great Divide Yeti and Victory Storm King stouts available here in my area. A wonderful brew and I’m looking forward to this winter’s batch.

Bottle. (from trade with the_epeeist.) Black, and nothing but black, pour, under a nice brown head. Heavily roasted aroma with lots of coffee, bitter chocolate and hops. It also smells a bit dusty. Just wonderful. Coffee is very much present in the flavor as well, with chocolate, smoke-notes, alcohol, roasted malt and some vanilla. Warming, full-bodied beer, quite oily texture, with a dry, chocolate-bitter finish. What a treat! The aroma is something you can enjoy forever, I can still "imagine" it, more than a month after I had the beer. The flavor is a bit weaker, but definately not weak. Just lovely. �)

12 oz bottle 6/29/07: Lasting thick tan head on a dark brown/black body. Coffee & chocolate chip cookie dough, and brown sugar immediately jump into my nose. Toaste malt & a bit of alcohol along w/ a light raisiny ester. Full, nutty aroma from oatmeal. Well balanced and coffee dominant; Nutty, chocolate, caramel, but no real dark fruitiness. Toasted malt and a semi dry finish that tastes like toasted marshmallows w/ chocolate. No real acidity from the dark grains... smooth flavor. Aftertaste is smooth chocolatey roasted grains. Smooth, velvety texture, well hidden alcohol, medium body; CO2 a bit high for me, but smooths out once it breaths and warms a bit. Pretty good once the carbonation gasses out a bit to help smooth out the texture and flavor. I’m glad I brought some home!

bottle 2006: pours black with huge cocoa coloured head that fades quickly. aroma is cocoa powder with a touch of esspresso and a slight oat aroma in the back ground. after a bit of warming i get brown sugars adn small amounts of dark fruits. flavour is rich cocoa and cold esspresso, some caramel like malts and some oat. finishes bitter chocoalte adn dry.

(Bottle) Obtained in a trade with shp555. Pours a large, frothy deep brown head atop an opaque body. Nose of robust molasses with trailings of soya sauce and coffee. Flavour is incredibly potent with chocolate making a strong appearance and coffee intertwined. Very smooth, vanilla-ish with an oily texture. Definitely one of the best IS I’ve had.

2008 vintage on tap at Taco Mac - Perimeter. simply outstanding beer from Terrapin. huge coffee and Kahlula aromas from an extremely dark black pour with a quarter inch tan head. big fat chewy body which has a velvet smoothness to it. a little bitter up front with oatmeal, chocolate and sugar on the sides - while the coffee dominated the room of the mouth. nice smooth finish with more notes of coffee and chocolate malts. a true pleasure to drink.... Terrapins best beer IMO.

Pours a opaque black colour with a large frothy tan head. Aroma is roasted, Expresso, dark chocolate and hints of dark fruits and slight alcohol. Initial taste begins roasty that transitions into almost a sour cream and metallic that fades quick with a mouth covering expresso. Hints of chocolate linger on the palate with a strong expresso/coffee finish, Above average palate duration. Some head retention, medium body, slightly sticky mouthfeel.