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Adroit Theory Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listed at taproom as: "Brewed with green bullet hops and infused with Sasko's favorite cold brewed coffee from Ethiopia". This might be considered an IPA, but the coffee flavor is highly present, I categorized it as a spiced beer.

Original review on tap, re-review on tap 11/2014:
This to me is the first beer by Adroit that didn't hit a chord with me, although I thought I might like it. The color is hazy brown, (re-review: color deep orange, more like an east coast IPA) with decent head that lasts pretty well, fair lacing. The nose definitely has coffee prevalent, as in that nice scent you get when you walk into coffee shop. (...also some grass notes - I do not get this in re-review, it's a fairly light nose).

The taste combo of earthy wet-leaf bitterness and coffee leads to some tobacco and cigarette flavors (re-review, more tobacco that any smoky flavors). The taste is pretty dry. The beer does actually have a nice IPA character overall. The coffee actually provides a different layer of flavor, in fairly good balance with the core beer. The IPA is a bit earthy, with perhaps a hint of grass; it is fairly dry, as well.

The beer is very interesting in that it resembles an overall feel of a cup of dark black unsweetened coffee. I realize a lot of people don't drink coffee this way, but the balance of the two concepts in this beer interest me more on my second try.