Allen's Coffee Breakfast Stout
Lone Pine Brewing Company

 

 

This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a small white head, and lots of lacing.’

This smells like creamy coffee, with a touch of vanilla and some milk chocolate and roast.

This is really solid, especially for the lower ABV, and how much flavor was packed in. It’s super chocolatey and creamy, with a touch of vanilla, and tons of roasty and bright coffee.

This is medium bodied, creamy, and pretty rich for something under 5%.

This was really, really well done – I was pleasantly surprised.

The first thing I get out of it is an incredibly sticky cola-like sweetness, then some subtle fruit (raspberry maybe?). I don't get much coffee from it, but I guess it's doing something to that chalky bitterness under the sweetness. Not the sort of thing I'd get a lot, but pleasant enough.

 

Overall not a bad coffee stout but I found the flavors to be a little weak.

 

This coffee stout pours a dark brown with a white head, and smells of sweetened dark coffee. The taste follows through and it's probably a solid dessert beer. The milk and sugar carry throughout the coffee notes. I will try to find more of this.

Allowed to acclimate to room temperature for 15 minutes and poured into a nonic pint.

Pours black with no hints around the edge and a 3.5 finger foamy and quickly dissipating dark khaki head.

Initial aroma is dark and sweet. Slightly bitter with notes of raisin and syrup.

Immediate taste is smooth coffee, followed by molasses and a hint of dates and black licorice. I may be mistaken but there seems to be a vague hint of cocoa powder. There's the low amount of bitterness you would expect from a stout, but not much maltiness. Taste brings to mind the colors brown, black, and purple. There's a bit of a candy like quality to it, maybe due in part to the sweetness of the lactose.

This is brewed with coffee extract, not coffee, and I must admit that I do prefer it.

Mouthfeel is about right for the style, but could be just a tiny bit richer, but I'm not at all complaining. It's definitely smooth and easy to drink. I would say it was a little bit syrup like at the same time.

Will very likely buy again, and likely reccomend if the topic ever shifts to coffee beer or stout in general, definitely enjoyed.