Brewer: Boston Beer Company
Style: Coffee Stout
ABV: 5.8%
IBU: 60
Serving Type: 12 oz. bottle poured into an English pub glass
IBU: 60
Serving Type: 12 oz. bottle poured into an English pub glass
Pours a deep, dark brown (like so many others, not quite black). Seems totally opaque, but the edges of the glass betray an ever so faint ruby highlighting. A quarter inch of tan colored head dissipates quickly but leaves a then, persistent film with decent lacing for the style. Bitter, dark roasted coffee aroma, fainter than expected. Maybe a little of that green pepper that accompanies coffee sometimes.
Coffee flavor is much more intense than the nose. A good, dark roast. A mild astringency comes off as a quenching acidity. The body is very smooth and creamy, but a tad thin. The body and the 5.8% ABV make this a very (in my book, anyway) sessionable beer, something you don't often see in a good coffee stout.
A new addition to the Sam Adams winter 12-pack, and a pity there's only two per case.
My score: 4/5
Beer Advocate: A-
Rate Beer: 91/100
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