Imperial Java Stout
Santa Fe Brewing Company

Imperial Java StoutImperial Java Stout
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From:
Santa Fe Brewing Company
 
New Mexico, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,652
ABV:
8%
Score:
90
Ranked #8,702
Avg:
4.04 | pDev: 10.4%
Reviews:
255
Ratings:
1,082
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 15, 2023
Added:
Mar 31, 2007
Wants:
  97
Gots:
  205
This is the kind of beer that gives the word "stout" a reputation. Extra generous quantities of barley malt, followed by vigorous fermentation leaves this "imperial" heavy weight with 8% alcohol A.B.V. and a body as full as chocolate bread pudding. A complimentary and complex array of bitter notes comes form potent American hops, earthy British hops, black-roasted malts and, of course, coffee. Santa Fe Brewing Company uses only top-quality ingredients like organically grown East Timor coffee beans blended with New Guinea coffee beans, locally roasted by O'hori's Coffee House. Its heavenly flavor and aroma can't be beat or imitated.
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Ratings by SaCkErZ9:
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Reviewed by SaCkErZ9 from South Carolina

3.68/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
I enjoyed this one. I have a soft spot for coffee beers, but this one delivered. Aroma had a good dose of coffee with a hint of alcohol and roasted grains. Full bodied with coffee on thflavor profile as well. For an eight percenter, an easy drinker. Good carbonation makes this one smooth ro ingest and digest. I call it a winner.
Feb 26, 2017
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.39 by Sinister-Palm from Mexico

Dec 15, 2023
 
Rated: 4.84 by slightexag from New Mexico

Dec 06, 2023
 
Rated: 3.98 by LunchMoney from Minnesota

Sep 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by zotzot from Vermont

Jun 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by not2quick from Missouri

Feb 24, 2023
 
Rated: 3.96 by Beergod420 from Michigan

Feb 04, 2023
 
Rated: 3.91 by BarrelAgedG from California

Sep 21, 2022
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Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi

3.78/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had this Imperial Java Stout poured from 12-oz. can, bottom stamped "BEST BEFORE 04/20/22," into tumbler.

Pours apparently black but very deep brown when backlit, with 1-finger, fizzing, light-tan head, with decent retention, leaving nice Belgian lace down the glass. Big bitter coffee aroma off pour, with some grassy hops and dark fruit as warms. Begins sweet malt and carbonation, hammered almost immediately by bitter coffee, later joined by mild malt for a bit of pleasant toffee flavor, and a dry, mildly bitter finish.

Uncomplicated big mostly bitter coffee stout that hides the ABV nicely.
Feb 01, 2022
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Rated by STOOOO from Wisconsin

4.94/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Yum!! Lots of coffee and great mouth feel. Love it!
Oct 25, 2021
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Reviewed by GoseGuy from New Mexico

5/5  rDev +23.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I hate it when I get a "coffee stout" and I have to go hunting for the "coffee". This is immediately recognizable as capital C Coffee. Incredible presence of flavor. Just enough sweetness to be pleasant.

The beer pours black with small tan head. The coffee permeates the aroma and the thick mouthfeel is everything you want in a stout.
May 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3.8 by huston84 from Michigan

May 04, 2021
 
Rated: 3.26 by Argail from Louisiana

Jan 05, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Oct 10, 2020
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Reviewed by Drennan from Oklahoma

4.41/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
The Look: Pours brown with a small tan head that goes away quickly

The smell:coffee and some caramel

The taste: first I tasted roasted malt followed by coffee and I think some chocolate and caramel.

The Feel: Full bodied, creamy and thick. I cannot believe this is an 8% beer. It goes down really smooth.


A very good Stout. Will have this again.
Jul 01, 2020
 
Rated: 4.7 by LauraMancini from Texas

Jun 22, 2020
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia

4.03/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Opened an older can (BB 2018), and it pours a very dark brown with a nice big light brown head that very slowly dissipates. In the nose, it is coffee, with some vanilla highlights. In the mouth, it is the same - coffee with vanilla highlights and then black malt. Smooth feel!
Jun 14, 2020
 
Rated: 2 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 07, 2020
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Reviewed by Vinatious

4.47/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
I may be buzzed while I am writing this after drinking it but I am hooked. The feel and texture just feel so smooth along my tongue. The taste is amazing and with other high point beers, you can usually taste the alcohol. This one I had no idea at it was an 8% beer. It's fantastic and will be in the rotation very soon.
Mar 23, 2020
Imperial Java Stout from Santa Fe Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 1082 ratings