Imperial Stout - Coffee
Hubbard's Cave Brewery

 

07/18/20 can (2019-1) @ home

 

Pours black with two fingers of caramel-colored foam. Head bubbles up quickly and retains extremely well. Aroma is roasty coffee with an expressive layer of chocolate, toffee and green peppers. A little vanilla bean and browned sugar layer on top of roasty and toasty malts for a thick and full aroma. Flavor profile is coffee and chocolate, with the coffee forming a bold, lightly-focused profile - akin to something out of a pour over that's been swirled with just a touch of cold brew. Chocolate, toffee and raisins add a little more sweetness and decadence to the flavor profile, with roasty and toasty malts forming the core and support. Mouth feel is creamy with a thick texture, keeping it drinking like a cool glass of full eggnog on a cold winter night. It's full and rewarding. Overall, a bit surprised at the level of thickness and decadence out of this one. Coffee is great too, showing up just strong enough in the aroma and flavor profile to be notable, but just shy enough to refrain from stealing the show.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 16oz can. "2019-1" can. ABV is 12%.

Coffee Imperial Stout 2019-1. Delicious, wonderful aroma of coffee and chocolate. Taste is a great balance of chocolate and coffee. Sweet and rich without being overwhelming. Hubbard’s cave nails stouts and hazy IPAs!

16 ounce can, vintage 2019-1 label says 12% ABV. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with not quite an inch tan head. Head retention and lacing are both decent enough. I like the aroma, the brew smells like coffee, cocoa, roasted malt, vanilla and molasses. For the most part I think the taste is similar to the aroma, but there's also the addition of some dark fruit, and a bit of licorice flavor noticeable. Coffee stands out in both the taste and aroma but isn't overpowering. Mouthfeel/body is full, it's creamy and a little slick with a moderate amount of carbonation. If you're into coffee and/or imperial stouts like I am, then give this one a try. I liked it!

2018-3 vintage. Still super strong coffee flavors. Sweet vanilla and molasses notes as well. Roasty and malty. Slight oily feel, not too thick, moderate alcohol presence. Pretty good, not too overdone or muddy like some of their big stouts end up.

Classic example of Imperial Stout.

 

 

 

2-1

Poured from 750ml bottle into glass. Date marking is '2018-2'. The label on this one reads "Coffee Imperial Stout", and the ABV% is 10.5.
Black colored body, with a thin edge of backlit mahogany. One finger of brown head, sticks around as thin cap and thick ring. Almost all of the lacing with each sip slides back down in the body.
Aroma of dark roasted malts and strong dark roast coffee. Also expresses some edges of char, dark molasses, and vanilla.
Taste is sweeter than suggested by the aroma. Still has lots of dark roasted malts, with milk chocolate and dark roast coffee. Has a bit of char at the tail end, but the after taste is back to the sweetness and coffee. Contains hints of dark prunes and vanilla.
Full mouth feel, with a touch of syrup. Okay carbonation. Texture is viscous.
Tends to be more of a dessert beer than a coffee, breakfast beer. Thick and full of the dark flavors of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malts. There appears to be a gap of two years in the listed reviews, so this must be from one beer labeled 'Imperial Stout - Coffee' and a more recent brew labeled as 'Coffee Imperial Stout' (with the higher ABV% on the more recent brew).

 

 

Taste: boldly dark roasted coffee beans, bittersweet dark chocolate, dry finish. Same with the nose. Black, opaque, with a tan head and lace. Full solid body. Chopped full of flavor.

Coffee fudge

 

Really beautiful beer. Great head production, and fantastic retention. Dark brown head sitting atop an inviting black and brew. Excellent lacing.

Strong, boozy nose featuring chocolate, coffee, red grapes, char, and molasses.

Hugely sweet on the palate, along with tons of coffee. Brown sugar and molasses, licorice, and grapes. Nutty and ashy.

Thin and slick on the palate; not very lively.