Cafe Con Leche Stout
Cigar City Brewing
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- Style:
- Stout - Sweet / Milk
Ranked #43 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,133 - Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 6.99%
- Reviews:
- 64
- Ratings:
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 160
- Gots
- 49
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
Notes:
Sweet, roasty and always invigorating, traditional Latin American cafe con leche coffee can be found nearly everywhere in our hometown of Tampa, Florida and serves as the inspiration for our Cafe Con Leche Sweet Stout. The beer is made with bold, strong coffee beans to emulate the most characterful Cuban espresso and lactose, a milk sugar that adds sweetness, body and flavors reminiscent of scalded milk. We’ve also added cacao nibs to further enhance the satisfying chocolate quality of the beer. Despite it’s assertive flavors and full body, our sweet stout is deceptively low in alcohol, making it the perfect accompaniment to a late-morning plate of eggs, bacon and tostadas.
Reviews: 64
| Ratings: 372
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Reviews by hopsputin:
hopsputin from New Jersey
4.22/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Nitro
A: silky black/dark brown color with a solid tan nitro head
S: huge hit of coffee beans and milk. Milk chocolate and roasted malt behind that. More coffee to finish
T: follows the nose very close. Roasted coffee beans, milk chocolate and roasted malt upfront. A touch of sweet lactose on the middle of the tongue. Finish is dry and coffee
M: medium, silky nitro mouthfeel
O: awesome beer. Sweet and roasty with nice coffee flavors. Nice balance and easy to drink
Jan 12, 2019
4.22/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Nitro
A: silky black/dark brown color with a solid tan nitro head
S: huge hit of coffee beans and milk. Milk chocolate and roasted malt behind that. More coffee to finish
T: follows the nose very close. Roasted coffee beans, milk chocolate and roasted malt upfront. A touch of sweet lactose on the middle of the tongue. Finish is dry and coffee
M: medium, silky nitro mouthfeel
O: awesome beer. Sweet and roasty with nice coffee flavors. Nice balance and easy to drink
Jan 12, 2019
More User Reviews:
metter98 from New York
3.96/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: The beer is black when viewed from afar and when held up to a bright light the edges are dark red. It poured with a short tan head that died down, leaving delicate wisps of bubbles on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of espresso beans and cold brew coffee are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of cold brew coffee along with notes of lactose.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This is a very nice coffee beer, but I thought it would have more of sweetness and creaminess. It is a nice breakfast beer.
Serving type: bottle
Dec 24, 2017
3.96/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: The beer is black when viewed from afar and when held up to a bright light the edges are dark red. It poured with a short tan head that died down, leaving delicate wisps of bubbles on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of espresso beans and cold brew coffee are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of cold brew coffee along with notes of lactose.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This is a very nice coffee beer, but I thought it would have more of sweetness and creaminess. It is a nice breakfast beer.
Serving type: bottle
Dec 24, 2017
brother_rebus from Maine
4.3/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nov 11, 2015
4.3/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nov 11, 2015
mikesgroove from South Carolina
4.82/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Review from notes, I was lucky enough to be able to enjoy this one. I love CCB, and this was one of the best they ever put out. Growler poured into a couple pint glasses.
The pour was spot on, dark brown, nearly black in color with a big head of tan that towered over the top of the glass, reaching back it coats the entire inside of the glass thoroughly and completely. Aroma reaks of sweet coffee, vanilla, almost caramel like notes. Warming brings forward vanilla now as well. Really just wonderfully done here. I take the first sip and I am blown away. Rich decadent vanilla notes as well as huge sweet coffee presence. Rich and very filling it coats the palate completely and really just is at a near perfect balance. Long finish is sweet, full of sugar and just a wonderful session stout.
Overall one of the best milk stouts ever made and it really goes to show how you can take a style that has been done to death and put a reat new spin on it. Cheers to them, this was outstanding.
May 02, 2010
4.82/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Review from notes, I was lucky enough to be able to enjoy this one. I love CCB, and this was one of the best they ever put out. Growler poured into a couple pint glasses.
The pour was spot on, dark brown, nearly black in color with a big head of tan that towered over the top of the glass, reaching back it coats the entire inside of the glass thoroughly and completely. Aroma reaks of sweet coffee, vanilla, almost caramel like notes. Warming brings forward vanilla now as well. Really just wonderfully done here. I take the first sip and I am blown away. Rich decadent vanilla notes as well as huge sweet coffee presence. Rich and very filling it coats the palate completely and really just is at a near perfect balance. Long finish is sweet, full of sugar and just a wonderful session stout.
Overall one of the best milk stouts ever made and it really goes to show how you can take a style that has been done to death and put a reat new spin on it. Cheers to them, this was outstanding.
May 02, 2010
Dr_Fox from Utah
4.03/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Nov 02, 2018
4.03/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Nov 02, 2018
Gatch from Rhode Island
4.48/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
On-tap at Hoptinger in downtown (Riverside) Jacksonville. Cool spot. As expected, a massive, frothy head. A delicious sweet milk stout! Has all the qualities you want, with lots of roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Perfectly smooth and silky body/finish. Really happy I tried this, bc the weather certainly didn’t dictate drinking a stout. Replaced the early afternoon weekend coffee well.
Apr 14, 2018
4.48/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
On-tap at Hoptinger in downtown (Riverside) Jacksonville. Cool spot. As expected, a massive, frothy head. A delicious sweet milk stout! Has all the qualities you want, with lots of roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Perfectly smooth and silky body/finish. Really happy I tried this, bc the weather certainly didn’t dictate drinking a stout. Replaced the early afternoon weekend coffee well.
Apr 14, 2018
KrajDoesBeer from Illinois
4.37/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Fantastic brew here. lucky to find it on tap.. Love it
Apr 02, 2015
4.37/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Fantastic brew here. lucky to find it on tap.. Love it
Apr 02, 2015
rangerred from Tennessee
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Dec 24, 2017
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Dec 24, 2017
JamesBondGA from Georgia
4.31/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dec 23, 2018
4.31/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dec 23, 2018
IgnatiusReilly from New Jersey
3.9/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Oct 19, 2018
3.9/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Oct 19, 2018
pmangold from Florida
4.39/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
May 26, 2015
4.39/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
May 26, 2015
BeerTruth from Connecticut
4.59/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks again to tpd975 for hooking me up with this special treat, you rock brotha!
12 oz. hand bottle poured into a standard pint glass.
Pours an onyx black with a full two finger brown colored head that dies down to a thin layer of foam. Some spotty chunks of lacing stick to the sides of the glass as well. Smell is freshly roasted coffee beans, strong espresso, and a dash of lactose. Some chocolate and caramel malts in the nose as well. But really, the aroma is ALL about the coffee and boy is it. Taste starts off with bold and bitter roasted coffee, smokey grains, and dark chocolate. The big coffee flavor calms down slightly midway and towards the end with some brown sugars and lactose flavors. But once again, the flavors are really all about the insane espresso/coffee. Medium body with a slightly dry feel in the mouth and a soft carbonation. This is just an all out coffee beer from start to finish. So far I've had two beers from these guys and they're flat out awesome, looking forward to the last that Greg sent me; Say Sun, son! Thanks again man!!
Mar 21, 2009
4.59/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks again to tpd975 for hooking me up with this special treat, you rock brotha!
12 oz. hand bottle poured into a standard pint glass.
Pours an onyx black with a full two finger brown colored head that dies down to a thin layer of foam. Some spotty chunks of lacing stick to the sides of the glass as well. Smell is freshly roasted coffee beans, strong espresso, and a dash of lactose. Some chocolate and caramel malts in the nose as well. But really, the aroma is ALL about the coffee and boy is it. Taste starts off with bold and bitter roasted coffee, smokey grains, and dark chocolate. The big coffee flavor calms down slightly midway and towards the end with some brown sugars and lactose flavors. But once again, the flavors are really all about the insane espresso/coffee. Medium body with a slightly dry feel in the mouth and a soft carbonation. This is just an all out coffee beer from start to finish. So far I've had two beers from these guys and they're flat out awesome, looking forward to the last that Greg sent me; Say Sun, son! Thanks again man!!
Mar 21, 2009
Jobin_24 from Florida
4.5/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 10, 2015
4.5/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 10, 2015
Grackos from Florida
4.64/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Nov 07, 2015
4.64/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Nov 07, 2015
scottyshades from Florida
4.99/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
On tap at BX Beer Depot's CCB Tap Takeover
One of my favorite beers of all time. Lactose, freshly ground coffee, bittersweet chocolate, and solid roasty notes to it. Surprisingly balanced between sweet and bitter. Very robust and complex, makes for a great digestif
Jan 25, 2013
4.99/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
On tap at BX Beer Depot's CCB Tap Takeover
One of my favorite beers of all time. Lactose, freshly ground coffee, bittersweet chocolate, and solid roasty notes to it. Surprisingly balanced between sweet and bitter. Very robust and complex, makes for a great digestif
Jan 25, 2013
BeccaH from Florida
4.42/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at the Mansion - Melbourne, FL
Sep 16, 2015
4.42/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at the Mansion - Melbourne, FL
Sep 16, 2015
kell50 from North Carolina
4.19/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jan 16, 2018
4.19/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jan 16, 2018
dshansen1184 from Washington
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jul 05, 2018
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jul 05, 2018
bcsbeer from Florida
3.67/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 22, 2018
3.67/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 22, 2018
cjmccahill from Indiana
3.87/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Mar 24, 2018
3.87/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Mar 24, 2018
kitch from Hong Kong
4.23/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A 22 fl. oz. bomber, bottled on 10th November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown in colour with a two finger brown head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Coffee, chocolate, cacao, roasted malts with hints of vanilla and cream.
Taste: Chocolate, coffee, cacao, cream and vanilla with a light herbal element on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium to full bodied with low carbonation.
Overall: A very nice and easy drinking Sweet Stout that is creamy, smooth and has great coffee flavours.
Mar 20, 2018
4.23/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A 22 fl. oz. bomber, bottled on 10th November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown in colour with a two finger brown head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Coffee, chocolate, cacao, roasted malts with hints of vanilla and cream.
Taste: Chocolate, coffee, cacao, cream and vanilla with a light herbal element on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium to full bodied with low carbonation.
Overall: A very nice and easy drinking Sweet Stout that is creamy, smooth and has great coffee flavours.
Mar 20, 2018
IckyT2012 from Florida
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
May 08, 2015
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
May 08, 2015
Cafe Con Leche Stout from Cigar City Brewing
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100 with
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