Coffee Eugene
Revolution Brewing

REVZEB from Illinois

4.44/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Blackish brown pour with a brown head. Coffee obviously leads the nose with semi-sweet chocolate, toast, light smoke, and fresh earth accenting. Amazing coffee porter, take everything for the nose, enhance the potency and add toast, caramel, molasses and herbal hops. Feel is medium bodied but leaves plenty of room with coffee, roast, and hop textures, chewy, malty, creamy, and percolated without being a monster on the palate, so drinkable while having the robust base.

Mar 19, 2021

NeutroMan from Illinois

4.35/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

12 oz can into a pint glass. Pours a very dark brown with a two-finger dense tan head. Strong dark chocolate and coffee smell that had my mouth watering. Taste mostly follows - dark chocolate, toffee, roasted malt, caramel, molasses all melded together with just enough bitterness to even things out. An excellent coffee porter!

Feb 06, 2021

Phoodcritic from Michigan

3.42/5  rDev -19.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Eugene is an excellent porter. The coffee version doesn’t appeal to me nearly as much. I find it too roasty and bitter. And it has an unpleasant aftertaste.

Jan 23, 2021

Blogjackets from Ohio

4.23/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Another fine Revolution beer. Pushed my buttons as I love porters and coffee beer. Strong coffee in aroma and flavor. Chocolate notes appear during finish and provide a nice counterpart to the fresh roast coffee. Mouthfeel is pleasant but might be a little light for some reviewers. A finger of foam upon pouring that fades fairly quickly. Minimal lacing. Very enjoyable beer. Would love to see an imperial version.

Jan 17, 2021

barnzy78 from Illinois

4.33/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

12oz can
date stamped “METROPOLIS 12-08-2020”
I can’t believe I haven’t had this one in over 7 years
L: dark brown with a foamy khaki head
S: bold coffee, dark grain, bread crust, earthy hops
T: coffee melds excellently with Eugene; brown sugar, molasses, darkened grain, bread crust, earthy hops
F: fuller body, moderate carbonation, nice balanced and dry finish
O: superb beer; I’ll need to get some more for the winter

Dec 19, 2020

Roy_Hobbs from Connecticut

4.19/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured into a tulip. Jet black with very attractive inch of light tan head that held its own for a while before slowly dissipating. Smells of coffee and alcohol, but in just the right amounts. While it's not overly complex on the nose, in that I don't pick up lots of different notes, it sure smells good and inviting. Taste largely follows the nose. Smooth, with clear coffee notes. Feel is just a hair thin, but at 6.8% seems about right. Overall, a very enjoyable beer.

May 31, 2020

ovaltine from Indiana

4.35/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Pours black with mahogany on the edges and a substantial tan head, there is dark chocolate, toffee, and coffee aromas on the nose.

The coffee is forward on the taste, but it’s the dark chocolate and toffee notes that guide this magnificent beer into a smooth landing. This exceeds the base beer, which I love. Exceptionally well done by Revolution, IMHO.

Mar 21, 2020

Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota

4.11/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Pours pitch black. 2 finger tan head. Head retention is amazing. Some lacing on the glass as the head dissipates.
The nose is, a sweet coffee aroma.
Taste - A nice smooth coffee flavor mixed in with a malty sweetness. Bit of caramel also coming across to me.
The body is decent. Smooth feeling.
A solid beer overall.

Nov 03, 2019

mikepatrick from Colorado

5/5  rDev +18.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Just the best coffee beer I've ever had! Visit to Wisconsin found this brew and loved it! Santa Fe Brewing company's Java Stout the only thing close to it in the Rocky Mountain Region. Only wish we could get Coffee Eugene in Colorado!

Nov 03, 2019

Buck89 from Tennessee

4.04/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a pint glass. A nearly opaque dark brown color with a medium sized tan head. Good staying power. Aroma was a bit muted but with faint chocolate, vanilla, and coffee. The taste featured classic porter flavors with roasted grains, chocolate, and a hefty dose of coffee that built through the taste. Medium-bodied and off-dry on the finish. Overall, outstanding.

Jun 13, 2019

Harrison8 from Missouri

4.23/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours black with a finger of dense, khaki foam. Head retention is good. Aroma is big roasty, nutty, toasty malts right up front. As malts fade, fleshy, fruity coffee, chocolate, caramel and burnt sugar become apparent, adding a soothing blend of bitter sweet. Flavor profile is a complex blend of roasty, toasty, nutty malts with fleshy coffee, dark chocolate and molasses. Malts add a firm bitterness right up front, and then spin together - washer style - with chocolate, molasses and coffee. Coffee is well roasted and boarding on charred. Mouth feel is a touch watery and thin, with a very light velvety texture showing up as the beer warms. It has a medium thickness. Overall, roasty, nutty and coffee forward, making it a tasty, easy drinking dark beer.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 12oz can.

May 01, 2019

Greywulfken from New York

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

On tap at The Good Life in Massapequa, NY... Solid coffee porter action here - runs toward the bittersweet and dry end of the spectrum - lots of dry char and roast and coffee bean, with sweetness flashing up front but getting back in line as the beer finishes with bitter dry roasty coffee and char... Medium-weight, leaning toward the lighter end, smooth...

Mar 30, 2019

dsa7783 from New Jersey

4.24/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

On tap at Applebee’s in Dover. Pours a jet black ebony hue with maximum frothing. Assertive aroma replete with hints of cocoa and chocolate. Similar overall flavor profile.

Jan 31, 2019

darktronica from Indiana

4.27/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

How have I never rated this delight of a coffee porter? In any case, this is from a batch dated September 21, 2018, that I thought was their best yet. A touch of green on the nose, but commingled with plenty of the good stuff: dry roasted grains, light malt, earthy coffee, and a little baker's chocolate. No issue with the flavors once they hit the palate, just an exceptional balance between the base porter and the selected coffee.

Jan 26, 2019

superspak from Ohio

4.13/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/21/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuts, and toasted dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of vanilla, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, floral, grass. pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big milk chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuts, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of vanilla, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, floral, grass. pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, spicy hop; and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, vanilla, molasses, light smoke/char, herbal, floral, grass. pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.8%. Overall this is an awesome English coffee porter. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Not overly roasty. Very clean and rich English malts and perfectly balanced fruity/nutty coffee complexity; mild fruity yeast and earthy hop balance against sweetness. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Liked it a lot more than the base beer.

Nov 22, 2018

ChrisMon02 from Ohio

3.79/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

12oz can pour into a snifter.

Black with a mocha head. Spotty lacing. Coffee, cocoa and light hops. Something is slightly off on the palate. I get a malt ball taste that seems out of place. It gets distracting as I progress through the beer. Mouthfeel is good for the style. Well made but just doesn't appeal to my palate.

Nov 10, 2018

KurtisCarman from Ohio

3.71/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Pretty good. This is not my go to style and it didn't do enough to blow me away and propel itself into contention with Masthead's coffee stout but it was enjoyable. I would drink it again.

Nov 02, 2018

TreyIsWilson from Michigan

4.17/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A - Pours pitch black with a one finger tan head. Nice amount of soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is coffee, roasted malts and caramel.

T - The taste is coffee, dark chocolate, caramel and roasted malts.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a crisp dry finish.

O - Super solid coffee porter. Fans of coffee forward beers should definetly seek this out.

Oct 31, 2018

hopsputin from New Jersey

4.24/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: dark brown/black color with a smooth 1 finger tan head

S: smooth, freshly roasted coffee and sweet malts. Dark chocolate and a nice toasty quality. A touch of sweet berries as well. Finish is coffee beans and malt

T: super smooth coffee beans and roasted malts. A touch of oak behind that as well as subtle and smooth roasty bitterness. Dark chocolate powder behind that. More coffee bean and chocolate at the end

M: lighter side of medium mouthfeel with medium carbonation

O: definitely coffee-forward. It has some of the roasty qualities of a porter, but the coffee is the protagonist. If you like coffee beers, you’ll like this

Oct 23, 2018

jkblr from Indiana

4.34/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

12oz canned 9/21/18 (30 days ago) poured into a perfect pint glass at fridge temp 6.8% ABV. The beer pours dark brown with ruby highlights and light brown head. The head recedes to a few bubbles and a pencil thin ring leaving a few spots of lacing. The aroma is mild and evenly split between coffee and dark roasted malt. The taste is barely tangy robust porter with a hint of coffee. There is some nutty flavor and firm but subtle finishing bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied with less than medium carbonation. The finish is dry with a subtle aftertaste of cold brew coffee. Overall, excellent. Most coffee beers try to slam you over the head with coffee. The use of coffee to enhance the base porter here is perfectly done. Recommended to fans of robust porter.

Oct 21, 2018

LloydDobler from Indiana

4.09/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

12oz can poured into coffee cup

This pours a very dark brown with a fluffy mocha colored topper of foam. Nose is of milk chocolate covered roasted coffee beans. Upon my first sip I can’t help but notice how creamy this is. Very frothy, like a coffee/chocolate malt. Thicker than I would have expected from a porter. In the taste, what I thought was going to be a heavier bitterness from the coffee was actually softened a lot from the sweetness. Light lingering coffee grounds and bakers chocolate. Really caught me off guard how much I enjoyed this one.

Oct 19, 2018

BB1313 from Ohio

3.36/5  rDev -20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25

Canned on 9/21/18. 12oz can poured into a tulip. Pours a dark brown with a big fluffy khaki head that falls leaving great retention and nice lacing. The aromas are malt forward. Some hints of coconut and vanilla. Mild hints of espresso. The coffee aromas are pretty subtle and don't exactly standout. The coffee doesn't really come through in the flavor department either. Hints of cocoa. Strong malt backbone. There's a sweetness to it, but nothing crazy. It's not bitter. Alcohol goes unnoticed. Mouthfeel is very nice. It's medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. It's creamy, fluffy, velvety, smooth and easy to drink.

This is an alright porter. I was expecting the coffee to shine, but it really doesn't. If I drank this blindfolded, I never would've guessed that this was a coffee beer. It's not bad, but I guess I just had higher expectations because Revolution does some really good stuff.

Oct 16, 2018

BSiegs from Illinois

4.33/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Deep brown to black pour. One finger of light brown foam that recedes to a thick ring around the edge and thin layer across the top. To no one's surprise, the aroma is prominent coffee. Roasty, earthy. Notes of chocolate, toast, malt. The taste follows exactly, with coffee leading the way and notes of chocolate and roast following. Medium mouthfeel, smooth, and a moderate carbonation. Balanced finish. Excellent brew from Rev.

Sep 22, 2018

ChicagoJ from Illinois

3.69/5  rDev -12.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

12/4/17: 6.8% ABV, 16 ounce pour into pint glass served at Revolution Brewery $7 + tip. Thin black pour, nominal lacing and carbonation. Minimum chocolate aroma. Strong coffee taste, excellent, chocolate taste as well, though not sweet. Very thin mouth fell, easy going down. Overall good offering.

Jan 07, 2018

Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

4.1/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Tons of coffee on the nose. Toasted coffee, espresso, yoo-hoo, vanilla, roasted malt and a hint of dark fruits. Creamy, smooth feel from the lactose. Lighter bodied. Dry, somewhat bitter finish. Smells a lot better than it tastes but it's still really good.

Nov 28, 2017