Out Of Office Coffee IPA
Weird Beard Brew Co.

A 330ml bottle with a BB of Aug 2018. Purchased a little while back from the Yorkshire Terrier in York. Described on the label as an Ethiopian coffee IPA brewed with coffee from Has Bean and hopped with Mosaic, Chinook and Amarillo.

A: Poured into an IPA glass. Bottle conditioned. A rich, hazy orange-marmalade hue with tons of floating sediment and good carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy white foam with good retention; this slowly reduces to a persistent surface layer. Nice lacing.

S: Aroma of intense fruity coffee with hints of mild pine resin, weed, subtle citrus peel, leafiness, caramel malt and ale yeast. Powerful coffee character but surprisingly balanced - very nice.

T: Tastes of passionate coffee with notes of fruitiness, pine resin, dank weed, mild citrus peel, leafiness, earthiness, caramel malt and ale yeast. Slightly sweet, followed by a robust coffee-driven bitterness upon swallowing.

M: Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with spritzy carbonation and good body. Pretty astringent; dries the palate. Aftertaste of intense coffee, bitterness, fruitiness, pine, weed, mild citrus, caramel malt and ale yeast.

O: Fantastic - an original IPA with vivid character. Looks good, while the aroma and flavour showcase rich, fruity coffee backed up by bitter resinous hops, caramel malt and ale yeast. Nice body. Packs a punch - drinkable and memorable. Well worth sampling if you love coffee.

 

Botled and possibly bottle conditioned
Pours ha zy marmalade coloured body with decent white head
cafe latte aroma slightly sweet, creamy coffee
he flavour is like when you grind coffee beans before that fruit element is boiled out
good body

 

 

 

 

Head is bright white with some hop oil glimmer coming through. Body is deep orange in colour and almost clear. Definite coffee on the nose, maybe a little lemon citrus hop. Mouthfeel is lovely and effervescent quite light. Taste is coffee, some citrus peel, satsuma, orange.
Really thought this would be black, probably just the association with coffee, but no dark roasty malts to be seen here.
The coffee flavour comes through in a different way than expected.
Quite a nice beer with an interesting edge.