Hey Joe Coffee Stout
North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
- From:
- North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.45 | pDev: 6.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 06, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.07/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.07/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
BOTTLE: 22 fl oz. Brown glass. Unbranded pry-off pressure cap. Appealing but generic label design/art. Bottle #095. Batch 1642, 43. Bottled 2/14/15.
Acquired: at NXNW. (You can purchase bottles there to-go).
Reviewed live at low altitude in Austin, TX. Side-poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.
Vintage: 2015.
ABV: 10.75% (per the label).
OG: 23.8 Plato.
Style: Stout brewed with cold-pressed coffee (per the label).
Serving temp: Cold.
Serving vessel: Pilsner glass.
Expectations: Above average; I'm in the mood for a good coffee stout but NXNW has yet to impress.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~3 fingers wide. Appealing khaki colour. Has a nice creamy soft consistency with an even thickness. Full without seeming too dessert beer-evocative. Leaves no lacing as it recedes.
Retention: Rather good for its high ABV - ~7-8 minutes.
BODY: Predictably, it's an opaque ink-black. Has no visible yeast.
Overall, it's a generally appealing coffee stout and it fits neatly inside style conventions. Admittedly, the head could be darker, richer and longer-lasting, but I'm already impressed with the retention as-is.
AROMA: Chocolate malts, malted milk balls/Whoppers, dark malts, faint muted roast, a hint of hazelnut, and mild coffee notes. Cream. The coffee isn't horribly expressive, and leaves much to be desired; if you're going to brew a coffee stout in the stout-oversaturated U.S. market, you've got to stand out, and this doesn't fit the bill.
Aromatic intensity: average.
Has no obvious hop presence, booze, or yeast character. I'm a bit shocked at how well it disguises its near 11% ABV; this seems like your everyday 6% ABV coffee stout.
TASTE: It's got everything from the aroma, with a middling balance and a merely fair cohesion. The malted milk ball/Whopper character actually emerges as dominant, beating out the reticent coffee - which is itself disappointingly generic and inexpressive. Not the rich espresso roast or the harsh ground java you might hope for; whatever coffee was used is a bit insipid. The dark and chocolate malt backbone is nice, lending enough sweetness without overdoing it.
Depth of flavour: Somewhat shallow.
Flavour duration: Average.
Flavour intensity: Subdued.
Flavour amplitude: Decent.
To its credit, the 10.75% ABV is shockingly well-disguised. But that may be the best thing about this beer. It's not a gestalt build, and it lacks not only intricacy and subtlety in its subpar execution, but also just stylistic fundamentals and basic evocative flavours; if you're going to brew a coffee stout, you've got to bring the coffee.
TEXTURE: A biteen acidic - a characteristic which is nicely disguised by its smoothness, creaminess, and malty softness. The texture accentuates the Whoppers taste nicely, but that's the wrong note to emphasize in a coffee stout. Medium-bodied, with apt thickness and heft on the palate. Well-carbonated.
Not oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, rough, or scratchy.
Has a good overall presence on the palate, but this mouthfeel fails to elevate the beer or to accentuate the coffee character like it should.
OVERALL: This joins Last Stand's Coffee Stout as a generic uninspired coffee stout brewed in the Austin, TX area. Average and pedestrian, it will go unnoticed even by locals. Not sure what they were after with this one, but it's quite drinkable and hides its ABV *amazingly* well - to the extent I found myself double-checking the label more than once. I doubt I'd get it again, but it's by no means a poor brew - just a relatively mundane one for the style. Outside of style conventions, it's slightly above average. The discerning drinker will be unimpressed.
Low C+ (3.07)
Apr 01, 2015Acquired: at NXNW. (You can purchase bottles there to-go).
Reviewed live at low altitude in Austin, TX. Side-poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.
Vintage: 2015.
ABV: 10.75% (per the label).
OG: 23.8 Plato.
Style: Stout brewed with cold-pressed coffee (per the label).
Serving temp: Cold.
Serving vessel: Pilsner glass.
Expectations: Above average; I'm in the mood for a good coffee stout but NXNW has yet to impress.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~3 fingers wide. Appealing khaki colour. Has a nice creamy soft consistency with an even thickness. Full without seeming too dessert beer-evocative. Leaves no lacing as it recedes.
Retention: Rather good for its high ABV - ~7-8 minutes.
BODY: Predictably, it's an opaque ink-black. Has no visible yeast.
Overall, it's a generally appealing coffee stout and it fits neatly inside style conventions. Admittedly, the head could be darker, richer and longer-lasting, but I'm already impressed with the retention as-is.
AROMA: Chocolate malts, malted milk balls/Whoppers, dark malts, faint muted roast, a hint of hazelnut, and mild coffee notes. Cream. The coffee isn't horribly expressive, and leaves much to be desired; if you're going to brew a coffee stout in the stout-oversaturated U.S. market, you've got to stand out, and this doesn't fit the bill.
Aromatic intensity: average.
Has no obvious hop presence, booze, or yeast character. I'm a bit shocked at how well it disguises its near 11% ABV; this seems like your everyday 6% ABV coffee stout.
TASTE: It's got everything from the aroma, with a middling balance and a merely fair cohesion. The malted milk ball/Whopper character actually emerges as dominant, beating out the reticent coffee - which is itself disappointingly generic and inexpressive. Not the rich espresso roast or the harsh ground java you might hope for; whatever coffee was used is a bit insipid. The dark and chocolate malt backbone is nice, lending enough sweetness without overdoing it.
Depth of flavour: Somewhat shallow.
Flavour duration: Average.
Flavour intensity: Subdued.
Flavour amplitude: Decent.
To its credit, the 10.75% ABV is shockingly well-disguised. But that may be the best thing about this beer. It's not a gestalt build, and it lacks not only intricacy and subtlety in its subpar execution, but also just stylistic fundamentals and basic evocative flavours; if you're going to brew a coffee stout, you've got to bring the coffee.
TEXTURE: A biteen acidic - a characteristic which is nicely disguised by its smoothness, creaminess, and malty softness. The texture accentuates the Whoppers taste nicely, but that's the wrong note to emphasize in a coffee stout. Medium-bodied, with apt thickness and heft on the palate. Well-carbonated.
Not oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, rough, or scratchy.
Has a good overall presence on the palate, but this mouthfeel fails to elevate the beer or to accentuate the coffee character like it should.
OVERALL: This joins Last Stand's Coffee Stout as a generic uninspired coffee stout brewed in the Austin, TX area. Average and pedestrian, it will go unnoticed even by locals. Not sure what they were after with this one, but it's quite drinkable and hides its ABV *amazingly* well - to the extent I found myself double-checking the label more than once. I doubt I'd get it again, but it's by no means a poor brew - just a relatively mundane one for the style. Outside of style conventions, it's slightly above average. The discerning drinker will be unimpressed.
Low C+ (3.07)
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