Triumph Coffee & Cream Stout

Brewed by Triumph Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Princeton, New Jersey USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Dark brown frothy pour with thick tan head and lace. Aroma of hard coffee, and roasted malt. Semi chocoffee flavor dominated by coffee. A nice malt bitter finish. Medium bodied with smooth carbonation. A tad thin kept it from scoring a tad higher. A very nice beer.

pint at brewpub, Ok to good aroma, sweet, coffee, milk, sugar. Dark orangy brown color, good head & lace. Sweet bitter flavor. Lite body, thin mouthfeel, mild bitter finish, Easy to drink, had moments when I thought it would go over the top, but never quite did. Looked great, aroma was reall good too.

On tap at Triumph in Philly. Aroma is mocha and coffee, very smooth smelling and sweet. Palate is creamy from the nitro carbonation, though not “full” by any means. Flavor was a continuation of the aroma, though a bit more subdued: there was dark chocolate and coffee upfront, leading into a roasted-though-sweet finish. Not a whole lot going on here, but a satisfying drink.

Tap at the Princeton brewpub. An excellent beer for under 5% ABV. Aroma of coffee, roast, and chocolate. Flavor is sweet mocha with cream and also some roasted malt. Smooth and creamy on the palate. The highlight of the evening there.

UPDATED: MAY 29, 2009 Draft at the Olde City location. Pours near black with a thin beige head. The aroma has coffee and roasted malts, with a dark chocolate creaminess. Creamy smooth mouthfeel. The flavor has roasted coffee and a nice creamy sweetness. Very good.

On tap at the brewpub, Philthy. Very nice pour, in a tall glass like it’s a milkshake. Thick and creamy pour, with an awesomely frothy head. Aroma could be sharper but still quite nice, coffee and choc. The mouthfeel is a delight, and the beer has a deep lactic quality to it that’s quite pleasing. I wanted more depth and complexity, but it’s certainly a winner as a more-than-sessionable stout.

Poured black with creamy tan head. Light bodied. Aroma of coffee. Kind of sweet with some coffee hints. Almost creamy. Not bad.

(Draught) Pours a black body with a medium tan head. Aroma of smoke, grilled green chilies, roasted malt, and coffee. Flavor of roasted malt, coffee, lactose, chocolate, and smoke.

GABF 2007. Coffee smell is thin like when you remove a used filter full of used coffee grounds from the coffee maker; nice roastiness, but not robust and kind of off. Flavor follows suit. Lactic sweetness in the finish is nice, and the coffee and sweetness linger long, but overall this was flat and not that impressive.

GABF 2008. Dark, near-black brown. Intense coffee bean aroma. Coffee dominated palate, generous chocolate also, subtle lactic sweetness, smooth and medium-bodied.