Sunny Side Up - Little Amps! (Coconut And Vanilla Beans)
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing

 

On tap at Al's of Hampden/Pizza Boy Brewing in Enola, PA.

This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and not much lacing.

This smells like very roasty coffee, sweet creamy coconut, dark fudge, sweet and earthy vanilla, and milk chocolate.

Sunny Side Up was one of the original banger coffee stouts, and it's nice to revisit a new variant of it. The coconut plays very well with coffee, as it so often does, adding a creamy sweetness to a rich, roasty, and dark chocolatey coffee character. The vanilla is not as strong as the coconut or coffee, but it does add a nice slight dimension.

This is medium bodied, creamy, and nicely thick, with no real booziness and a nice drinkability.

I kind of knew that this was gonna be delicious when I ordered it, and I most certainly wasn't wrong.

 

On tap at Pinocchio's.

I've had several versions of this beer over the years, and it just doesn't seem to improve at all. Appearance is fine enough, dark, stout-like. Some roast in the aroma, light coffee and ash. No coconut or vanilla whatsoever in the taste, just pretty much the same as the regular version...roasty malts, coffee grounds, fusel alcohol. Kind of stale and bland overall. Thin body for the style, and just really not very good overall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draft from tap @ The Beer Store - Malvern, PA
Solid stout base. Alcohol is hidden. Just a great base stout, solid. The coconut and vanilla are mild and subtle but do add another layer of complexity (or the only complexity) to this stout. May be a bit thinner on the tongue as the only negative.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Kirb for sharing this one with us. Poured into a snifter from a crowler purchased about a month ago and kept refridgerated the entire time. It pours black in color with no head and some faint spotty lace.

It smells of sweet chocolate, coffee, earth and vanilla. The taste also has earthy coffee, bitter bakers chocolate and the faintest amount of toasted coconut that you likely wouldnt even know was there without prior knowledge. Some vanilla provided a sweetness to the brew that is not noticeable in the base beer.

This is full bodied with very light carbonation. Its a decent brew, I was just expecting more coconut.

32 oz. crowler. Black body. Smell is coconut. Light vanilla. Nutty. Some chocolate. Weird vegetal aroma. Taste is also a little disappointing. Coconut. Coffee. A little astringent. Bitter and nutty in the back end. Less vegetal, but still a little lacking. Medium heavy. Sweet. Meh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This tastes like chocolate covered coffee beans with a dash of coconut and vanilla. The coffee is strong up front but it allows the chocolate to completely surround the palate. This drinks very light and easy. Very enjoyable.