Roulette
Beer'd Brewing Co.

Engine Room in Mystic CT
Toasty coffee and chocolate Russian Imperial

 

Very good!

Poured at room temp from a 16oz can dated 2/14/21 to a tulip.
Opaque black with a hint of brown topped by a dark tan head the fades in 2 min. but it laces the glass for half the session along with an oily coating of the body. Ten minutes in and all forms of bubbles are gone, but the coating phenomenon persists.
Aroma is an earthy coffee, dark chocolate and malt.
Taste brings all that and some caramel. The taste is less sweet than the smell but its not all that sweet anyways. Alcohol is only detectable at the finish.
Mouth feel is lightly coating but sticky.
Overall, my kind of stout, not too sweet, coffee presence. Pretty good but not fantastic. I would buy again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32oz. howler purchased on 10/31. Pours the color and clarity of cola with a dense, one inch, khaki-colored head. Nose expresses big roasted coffee notes. Taste is roasty, charred and ashy with a slightly vinous character. Mouthfeel is light-medium with an even carbonation and a kiss of acidity. Overall, a sold coffee stout but a little one-sided. There's needs to be a little something to break up the coffee.

 

Pours a very dark brown, topped by a sizable cream-colored head. Retention is very good, but little lacing to speak of.

Cold, black coffee is by far the dominant aroma, with roasted barley a distant second. There is an earthy, almost pungent hoppiness along for the ride.

Flavor is also dominated by coffee, although the barley is much more present, along with a hint of dark fruit, before the coffee comes back to rule the finish with an iron fist.

Relatively dry, short finish, with a powdery coffee coating that outlasts the bulk of the brew. Flavor may be unbalanced (but not unpleasantly so), and the bitterness - both from hops and from the roast - is quite strong, but pretty well balanced.

If you like coffee stouts, this is probably right up your alley. I would prefer some chocolate, vanilla, cream - anything to offset the massive dose of coffee and provide a little balance. It's more-or-less a one-note beer, but thankfully, that note is really nice.

 

Note: This is a review for the recently reformulated version that is 8.5%Abv and brewed with Vault Espresso Beans, not the original version.

Oct. 17, 2014. 32oz growler straight from the brewery. Pours a dark brownish black with an inch of frothy brown head. Some lacing. This beer smells a lot like chocolate covered espresso beans. Sweet with some roasted malts and earth. The taste is dark chocolate and espresso beans. Some sweetness to it with a good amount of roasty flavor. Just like the aroma, this beer tastes very much like chocolate covered espresso beans. Maybe a hint of citrus hops as it warms. Finishes with more of that coffee flavor. Creamy mouthfeel. Overall, this reformulated version has tons of coffee flavor and is a nice improvement on the original.