Hot Coffee
Lucky Town Brewing Co.

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Lucky Town Brewing Co.
 
Mississippi, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
10.3%
Score:
89
Avg:
4.03 | pDev: 7.94%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
13
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 25, 2019
Added:
Dec 02, 2015
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  5
To celebrate Lucky Town's 3rd Anniversary, we've released this limited Imperial Oatmeal Stout brewed with BeanFruit Old Route 4 dark roast coffee, chocolate, cinnamon, and a combination of Ancho, Gaujillo and Pasillo Chili peppers. As of December 2015, Hot Coffee is the strongest beer to be sold in Mississippi at 10.3% ABV which happens to also be the state's ABV limit.
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Ratings by sohearn:
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Rated by sohearn from Alabama

4.1/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jan 02, 2016
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -19.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
CAN: 12 fl oz. Purchased at Stein's Market & Deli, New Orleans, LA. Standard pull-tab can. Generally appealing label design. No canned on date.

"Imperial oatmeal stout brewed with coffee, chocolate, cinnamon & chili peppers.""Brewed with Bern Fruit coffee co." 10.0% ABV.

HEAD: ~4cm. Khaki colour. Creamy and robust for a 10% ABV ale, sticking around a good 7+ minutes.

BODY: Opaque solid black. No yeast/lees are visible within.

Looks pretty standard for an imperial stout.

AROMA: Cassia bark, faint ancho chile warmth, chocolate malt, dark malt sweetness, and muted coffee. I hoped for more expressive coffee aromatics, but hopefully the taste is better than the aroma.

Not finding any true cinnamon or overt roasted barley.

Aromatic intensity is low for the style and below average overall.

TASTE & TEXTURE: Has a nice full-bodied dry mouthfeel that accentuates the timid ancho chile warmth and flavour. Powdered chili pepper, cassia spice, chocolate malt. Dark malt sweetness runs throughout but it never tastes cloying - though the chile flavour helps keep it in balance more than the generic subdued coffee flavour does; I'll never know why so many breweries play up the quality of the coffee in their labels and then don't commit to it or deliver in the actual beer.

Well-carbonated, smooth, approachable albeit unrefreshing. Not oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, or harsh. Does have a bit of scratchiness from the powdery chile, brittle coffee, and ground cassia bark.

It's well balanced though surprisingly tame for an imperial stout...lacks the bold flavours you might expect/hope for in a 10.0% ABV imperial stout.

OVERALL: Despite a disappointing coffee profile and ill enough commitment to its flavours, this comes in drinking easier than most 10% ABV imperial stouts - though the tradeoff is lesser depth of flavour and reduced complexity.

$2.79 for a can was a bit steep in hindsight, but I guess if you're after good beers from Mississippi it's slim pickings for the most part. It doesn't hold its own against the better widely distributed expressions of the style from other states, but it's competent and drinks like it's far less alcoholic than it is.

High C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Mar 25, 2019
 
Rated: 3.95 by jbehlar from Mississippi

Mar 23, 2018
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Reviewed by Squire from Mississippi

4.03/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dark reddish brown brew with solid tan cap.

Scent of roasted malt with an accompanying hit of bright coffee. Rather rich scent with an overriding but not intrusive scent of spice and floral.

Taste on entry is a nicely combined group of flavors that echo the scent but paint it in broader strokes. Just more in all respects. I get the spice in the scent but not the chocolate which emerges mid palate like a solo singer in the chorus that takes center stage briefly then recedes back into the group. I get the chili as almost a high note in in the middle that reemerges in the aftertaste.

Full texture with balancing carbonation.

Brewer says this is an Imperial oatmeal stout brewed with coffee, chocolate, cinnamon and chili peppers.
It's that and a bit more, fairly complex for a flavored Stout in that everything promised is there and works together in harmony.
Feb 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by teamwiggum from Wisconsin

Sep 26, 2017
 
Rated: 4.08 by shopk from Illinois

Apr 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Mar 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.43 by hazedandconfused13 from Mississippi

Mar 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.09 by MJ64 from Mississippi

Mar 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.67 by toler13 from Mississippi

Mar 01, 2016
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Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi

3.82/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
First had on draft into tulip. This "Imperial Oatmeal Coffee Stout" is also brewed with chocolate, cinnamon and chili peppers. To borrow an expression from a Milwaukee bar owner, it beats a kick in the head.
Jan 17, 2016
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Reviewed by brewskifan55 from Mississippi

4.21/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a tulip glass at the brewery

A: Shoe polish brown with a thick 3 finger tan head that sits and sits. Thick, ambitious lacing.

S: That Bean Fruit coffee scent takes hold of your olfactory, followed by charred dark chocolate and cinnamon.

T: Thick, sweet and robust. The Flare Incident on steroids with coffee, cocoa nibs and light heat on the finish. A touch of cinnamon rounds out this beauty. Let it warm for even more chili pepper taste. The coffee wakes you up. The 10.3% puts you in another dimension.

M: Thick and chewy with medium carbonation.

O: My favorite LT brew (tying with Lucktoberfest). Lucas and krewe knocked this one out of the park.
Jan 15, 2016
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Reviewed by RockRuler from Mississippi

4.57/5  rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Tasted at the brewery during the third anniversary celebration. It's a double version of their award winning Flare Incident brew infused with cinnamon, cocoa nibs, Ancho & Gaujillo chiles and Bean Fruit Coffee (Old Route 4 Coffee) a local Jackson, MS coffee company. Great coffee smell, chunky mouth feel with a chocolate and coffee finish. Alcohol is well hidden. An excellent brew. Love it! Cheers!
Dec 25, 2015
Hot Coffee from Lucky Town Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 13 ratings