Samuel Adams Black & Brew Coffee Stout
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Samuel Adams Black & Brew Coffee StoutSamuel Adams Black & Brew Coffee Stout
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From:
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
American Stout
ABV:
5.8%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.67 | pDev: 16.08%
Reviews:
333
Ratings:
1,017
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 20, 2016
Added:
Oct 22, 2011
Wants:
  52
Gots:
  47
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Ratings by chickenflea:
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Reviewed by chickenflea from Florida

3.58/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottle. Pours a deep black with a dense medium to thick tan head. Loads of roast, deep coffee, very roasty. Soft vanilla sugar note, caramel. Medium bodied, roast, coffee, chocolate flavors. Sour finish with a touch of hop bitterness to balance the experience. Tastes more like an Irish dry stout. The beer is drinkable, but you should drink it slow to savor the flavor profile. Some might say the beer is "unfocused." It tasted like a porter at first before morphing into a stout and then a black lager. But I think the progression of flavors in intriguing. Not a single-dimensional brew. But do all the dimensions converge? Not sure it works for everyone.
Nov 22, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jul 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by sposter4 from Pennsylvania

Mar 29, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.91/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Standard black pour, almost a full inch of tan head on the top with tiny bubbles, solid retention, lace was spotty. Aroma delivered on the diner house coffee, straight forward and nothing too exotic.

Taste delivered a roasty, dry coffee presence, smooth without the addition of cream or sugar. Bare bones and for the better because of it. Roasted chocolate malt, coffee and a sessionable strength make for an enjoyable 12oz of beer, one of the best SA offerings I've come across in 20 years.
Jan 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by hozersr from Pennsylvania

Oct 31, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by Buck_Jones from Michigan

Sep 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.72 by PJCarnell from Massachusetts

Sep 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by ddgviper3000 from Massachusetts

Jul 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.86 by JohnnyChicago from Illinois

Jun 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.54 by connecticutpoet from Connecticut

May 01, 2015
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Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas

4.03/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pitch black body, crowned by a robust and resilient, very fine-beaded tan head, which, even after several minutes, has scarcely faded. Thick, sticky and coarse lacing adorns the glass walls.

Aroma: Superb aroma of dark malt and roasted coffee. There are also notes of espresso, bitter coca, and vanilla.

Taste: Opens with very well-balanced notes of dark malt, coffee, and sweet chocolate. As the taste progresses, subtle notes of vanilla and wood appear as well. Roasted nuts are present late in the taste, and there is a bit of burnt caramel. Finishes with a lingering and mellow coffee note.

Mouth feel: Full and rich, with a creamy note.

Drinkability/notes: Quite wonderful, the blend of the coffee and dark malt is quite harmonious and pleasing. This would be a fine dessert beer.

Presentation: Packaged in a custom twelve-ounce brown glass long-neck bottle, served in a New Belgium Brewing chalice.
Apr 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania

Mar 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by Dicers from California

Mar 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.06 by cuvtcuv from Florida

Jan 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by BlackHawk89 from New York

Dec 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by wrightst from Maryland

Dec 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by RBorsato from Virginia

Dec 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by kplooki from Illinois

Dec 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.6 by AMCPhD from Virginia

Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Nov 23, 2014
Samuel Adams Black & Brew Coffee Stout from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 1017 ratings