Terrapin Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout

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

Very black, small tan head, silent pour. Nose has heavy coffee, some oat and chocolate, some raspberry. Flavor is more balanced with milk chocolate, and coffee, but the coffee is burnt and dirty. Thankfully it is only minor. Body is way too thin, watery, with an almost non-existent finish. Not bad, but there are several elements that just don’t work. It’s all downhill after the nose.

[’08 Bottle, thanks philsner!] Pours dark brown with a nice dark brown head. Aroma is green pepper, chocolate, coffee, and alcohol, with faint port notes. Taste has decent bitterness, huge coffee and roasted malt, then alcohol, vinous notes, and huge dark chocolate. Medium mouthfeel, with a very long dry food. Coffee is often overdone, but I was quite impressed with this.

08 bottle thanks to Daknole! Perfect pitchblack pour with a nice dark creamy tan beige head. Nice oaky roasty heavy aroma following the oil pour. Leather, tobacco, vanilla, molasses and chocolate. The flavor is the same, but the coffee really shines through a lot more in the flavor. Pretty fully bodied with perfect minimal carbonation. Overall: not my favorite style anymore, but a great example of it. Very tasty and drinkable. Thanks Dak!

Bottle. Quite thick oily appearance with a thin manila head head that subsides to a ring. Redolent of coffee grinds, syrup, wood, cream, and caramel. Flavor was first sweet chocolate, creamy, then strongly bitter coffee beans, syrup, vanilla, woody, slightly malty, mellow chocolate, then alcohol. Palate was very thick and warming with a linger cacao finish. They aren’t joking about the amount of coffee used in this beer; it’s awesome.

Thanks Emacgee. Deep black pour with a brown head. Coffee aroma hits you as you open the bottle and begin to pour. Roasted malt and sweet aroma are also present. taste is of coffee, roasted malt, goodness. Leaves a dry aftertaste with a little bitterness from the coffee. Slightly chewy. The alcohol aroma comes out a bit more as it warms up. These two guys make tasty beers. I need to go to Athens and see them in person. I’ll check the train fares.

Pours pitch black with almost no head. Nose of coffee, sweet malt, oats, and some chocolate. Flavor is complex with coffee taking over, sweet malt, some dark fruit, bitter hops through the finish. Oily and smooth mouth feel.

12oz bottle. Pours black with small tan head. Aroma is strong with coffee, dark chocolate and some vanillla/ Flavor is roasted malt, lots of coffee with some chocolate and touch of vanilla. Palate is smooth and creamy for a coffee stout. Pretty damn good beer and is on par with Founders Breakfast Stout and Peche Mortel.

Bottle. Pours a solid black, medium tan/brown head. Aroma is sweet malt, coffee and chocolate. Chocolate and coffee dominate the flavor profile, malt note, some vanilla hidden in the background. Finish is dry and slightly bitter.