Best Of Both Brews - SQ1 Coffee IPA - Kenyan Rioki
St. Boniface Craft Brewing Company

Didn't taste or smell at all like coffee, mislabeled?

On tap @ location. Served in chalice.

A: Good clarity on a bright orange colored backing. A sudsy off white head is slight, wheaty in texture at 0.25 inches standing with a fair rate of retention. Minimal lace leaves the vessel clean while the carbonation within is rather scarce.

S: Nice fresh roasty coffee aroma is quite deceiving despite its bright orange appearance. Some dry pine, freshly grounded coffee grounds with a mid-range detection is rather very pleasant to intake.

T: Great coffee presence for flavor as with the nose. Freshly ground, lightly dry, and really shines here. Earthy roast with some earthy flowery hops blend well together. A light sense of dried fruitiness adds to the appeal. The coffee was a bit more dominate then the hops here.

M: Crisp bite, frothy feel, bready malts with a beautiful coffee lacing on the tongue.

O: A nice fresh coffee aroma, lightly dry, with some bitterness without the dark malts. A great mixture, well balanced, and keeps you off balance with it's fresh coffee presence despite bright appearance. It is an odd combination, still quite new, but one you must partake in for pushing and blending the boundaries of craft styles. Not sure how this would do in multiples, it’s not a summertime ipa consumption material, but does tickle the fancy for something new in moderation. My previous only other coffee ipa was a flying fish, which I found quite unique and good as well.

 

Pours rather unimpressive, standard yellow orange with minimal head and no lacing. Smells interesting- coffe, hops, and malt blend leading to a kind of herbal note. Taste is similar with a bit more straightforward bitterness. This is the first coffee IPA I've had that I've genuinely liked.