Sump Coffee Stout | Perennial Artisan Ales

4.47/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

4.51/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

5/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Note: 2018 vintage

This beer is the pinnacle of this style. Every brewery should be striving for a coffee stout like this. Beautiful complex coffee notes. Mocha, cappuccino. Amazing amount of rich chocolate. Think fine chocolate. There’s milk chocolate, dark chocolate, bakers chocolate. A touch of vanilla, toffee ,along with this bold pecan note that adds layers of depth to this already complex flavor profile. There is also a mild dark fruit presence, with a hand-full of acidic roasty bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is full and verges on chewy. Along with all of that there is a decadent creaminess that puts the mouthfeel over the top. Overall this is just stupid good. 100/100

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4.47/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

4.46/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.31/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.49/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.56/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

3.68/5  rDev -16.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

L: Had this beer on-tap at The Answer Brewpub, poured into a snifter glass. Had a jet black color and a thick, opaque texture. There was a thin, tan-colored, creamy head that quickly dissipated. Not much lacing.

S: An okay, but not brilliant, aroma of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, and caramel.

T: Tasted of a moderate amount of roasted malt (mostly in the finish), some coffee (not as much as expected), light dark chocolate notes, and light caramel notes. The aroma was promising, but the flavor is kind of disappointing. All the ingredients seem to be a little underpowered. Thin and sort of watery.

F: A decent amount of carbonation with a smooth aroma. Medium-bodied.

O: This beer has its good points, but it's a bit of a mess. Worth a look, though.

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4.38/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.25/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.48/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.44/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

4.45/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

4.52/5  rDev +2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

4.36/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.29/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.48/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

5/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

4.38/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bottled 1/16; consumed on 5/28 - poured from a 750mL bottle into my Bruery tulip.

Opaque seal brown liquid supports a lasting sand colored head; fine sandy lacing, faint legs.

Round, honey-sweet, softly chocolate-laden, orange-blossom infused coffee in the nose, backed by roast malt with hints of tobacco.

The flavor is compact, dense, and heavily concentrated. Nutty smooth coffee notes throughout. Mild bitterness, rich yet dry malt, with hints of cocoa and cinnamon in the finish, which expands to reveal a floral note and a vague whisper of acidity. Superbly balanced.

Creamy, but slightly thin mouth-feel - never acrid or tannic, and the ABV is well concealed while providing some extra flavor perhaps.

One of the better coffee beers I've had the pleasure of imbibing - would love to try one of the variants to see the impact a different coffee would have on the finished product.

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4.23/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Motor oil pour , dark tan head of foam that leaves a low lacing behind.

Tons of malt on the nose, with a quick roasty coffee followup. Not too sweet, not much lingering bitterness.

More malt in the flavors, yet balanced by lots of bitter roasty coffee. Dark chocolate backbone that dilutes the powerful roastiness in the profile; it does so very successfully.

Sump has an awesome thick body, sticky smooth. Creamy as it goes down. Subtle warmth, no uncomfortable burn or lingering bitterness.

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4.31/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.49/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.67/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

4.22/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4