Java The Hut
Fernie Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 650ml bottle.
Pours a very dark brown/black with a thick creamy tan head.
A nice nose of coffee and toffee, somewhat on the sweet side but a tasty stout.

 

 

 

 

650ml bomber poured into tulip 13/5/17

Nearing black with a large brown head that has decent retention leaving lots of random lace. Smells like chocolate milk and coffee, slightly nutty, faint char, some leafy herbal hops in the background, lighter bodied but creams up. Not a bad coffee stout, I'm so used to big ABV coffee stouts its nice having something I can drink a bomber of without tipping over...

Poured from a bomber into a Spiegelau stout glass.
L- Dark, nutty cola in color with a slight cherry tinge. Head is thick, bubbly, and tan in color.
S- Dark chocolate, caramel, vanilla, strong coffee, yeast, roasted nuts, dark fruit, cream
T- Same as smell but with an odd sour tartness on the finish. Coffee taste is less apparent than expected.
F- A little thinner than expected and definitely not creamy enough
O- Lacking in body and coffee flavor. Solid beer but there is nothing special about it. Far better coffee stouts out there.

 

 

 

Had on nitro (Midtown, YYC), which does the beer some favours--a lovely creamy body and dark colour, the nitro covers for some of the grittiness and the slightly light body. The sweetness is rather subtle, as is the coffee, leading to a very drinkable, lightly roasty little stout--bitter, but not overbearing, and with just that slight sweetness to balance. Not setting the world on fire, but enjoyable.