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Fairweather Brewing
- From:
- Fairweather Brewing
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 6.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Yesterday at 03:30 PM
- Added:
- Sep 10, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Session stout with enough Detour Coffee Roasters Espresso to caffeinate a horse. A radler for people with sh*t to do. Notes of COFFEE, nuts, creamy chocolate, subtle dried fruit.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4.25/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL in a Teku glass. From Erie St. Gastropub's bottle shop in nearby downtown Windsor. Canned August 5/25. My 25th beer from the Hamilton, Ontario brewery, and 8th for 2026. Wildly fashionable to Sundae the cat'...
Yesterday at 03:30 PM
Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)
3.56/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Poured with a thumb of even head that did not lace or retain past the one quarter mark. The body is an opaque black that reveals the barest dark coffee brown when held up to the light. As you approach the one quarter mark though, a bit more of the brown shows up and starts to give minor transparency.
Smell: Certainly espresso is the dominant presence here. In fact, it's the only presence here. I mean, sure it smells nice as cold brew espresso can smell, but if you blindfolded me, I wouldn't suspect beer or alcohol was involved. Warming didn't really change anything here.
Taste: There is a mild touch of caramel malt at the start, and a slight earth and smoke note at the end, but for the most part, it matches the nose, and that's espresso in abundance. What kind of espresso, well I presume a something slightly bellow a dark roast, but not quite a medium roast. I'm to understand espresso generally is supposed to be a dark roast, which might have lent itself to being too bitter here, but what the heck do I know? I'm not on coffee advocate, I'm on beer advocate, which is the limit of this beer. It's one dimensional, which yes is done well, but lacks beer aspects.
Mouthfeel: It's a bit fizzy, which generally isn't something I want in a stout, which should be creamier. It does bring out the espresso more, in an interesting fashion which I guess would separate it from the creaminess of the drink itself, but I'm left wondering, what if it was creamy. Anyways, nothing to really speak of as far as transitioning due to it's one dimensional nature and the aftertaste is unmistakably espresso. Carbonation does fall off a tiny bit at the half way point though, although here I'd consider it an improvement.
Drinkability: It's got the volume of a milder stout, but isn't quite where I would call it a porter. Still, heavy enough to earn it's name, but the heavyweight champ, it is not. Settles down well enough, and refreshing despite the potent espresso being a bit dry. Carbonation falling off seems to ensure it's not a gassy experience.
Final Thoughts: First off, I'd relabel this, not as a coffee beer but as an espresso beer as it's coffee presence made it feel far more like an espresso. It does one thing, and it does it well, but I'm left asking why didn't I just pickup some cold brew coffee and add vodka or a liqueur to it? The only reason I can see is there is some mild fizzy that brings out more of the coffee, which I'd happily forgo for some sweet malt, some other flavour notes like vanilla, nut or liquorice. One thing this beer did do well is around the half way point (since there wasn't much more to glean at this point) I pulled out a cinnamon bun I had in the fridge. That is probably is the best place for this beer, not a great dessert beer, but a great beer to have with dessert because it doesn't have a lot going on except the espresso. That said, espresso, or coffee also goes well with dessert...so yeah. One thumb up, but I've had much more interesting coffee and espresso beers then this.
Mar 16, 2019Smell: Certainly espresso is the dominant presence here. In fact, it's the only presence here. I mean, sure it smells nice as cold brew espresso can smell, but if you blindfolded me, I wouldn't suspect beer or alcohol was involved. Warming didn't really change anything here.
Taste: There is a mild touch of caramel malt at the start, and a slight earth and smoke note at the end, but for the most part, it matches the nose, and that's espresso in abundance. What kind of espresso, well I presume a something slightly bellow a dark roast, but not quite a medium roast. I'm to understand espresso generally is supposed to be a dark roast, which might have lent itself to being too bitter here, but what the heck do I know? I'm not on coffee advocate, I'm on beer advocate, which is the limit of this beer. It's one dimensional, which yes is done well, but lacks beer aspects.
Mouthfeel: It's a bit fizzy, which generally isn't something I want in a stout, which should be creamier. It does bring out the espresso more, in an interesting fashion which I guess would separate it from the creaminess of the drink itself, but I'm left wondering, what if it was creamy. Anyways, nothing to really speak of as far as transitioning due to it's one dimensional nature and the aftertaste is unmistakably espresso. Carbonation does fall off a tiny bit at the half way point though, although here I'd consider it an improvement.
Drinkability: It's got the volume of a milder stout, but isn't quite where I would call it a porter. Still, heavy enough to earn it's name, but the heavyweight champ, it is not. Settles down well enough, and refreshing despite the potent espresso being a bit dry. Carbonation falling off seems to ensure it's not a gassy experience.
Final Thoughts: First off, I'd relabel this, not as a coffee beer but as an espresso beer as it's coffee presence made it feel far more like an espresso. It does one thing, and it does it well, but I'm left asking why didn't I just pickup some cold brew coffee and add vodka or a liqueur to it? The only reason I can see is there is some mild fizzy that brings out more of the coffee, which I'd happily forgo for some sweet malt, some other flavour notes like vanilla, nut or liquorice. One thing this beer did do well is around the half way point (since there wasn't much more to glean at this point) I pulled out a cinnamon bun I had in the fridge. That is probably is the best place for this beer, not a great dessert beer, but a great beer to have with dessert because it doesn't have a lot going on except the espresso. That said, espresso, or coffee also goes well with dessert...so yeah. One thumb up, but I've had much more interesting coffee and espresso beers then this.
Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.66/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
when it warms, you get the full expresso, beer secondary, just enough to remind you its a beer. On tap at the source. Tweakable, I think better on nitro.
Sep 02, 2018
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.78/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
500 ml bottle served cold into a tulip. Thanks to Dan for this great looking beer from an up and coming brewery in the Golden Horseshoe. Appears to be a session stout with coffee made with Detour coffee, a local roastery (is this a word?). Served cold into a tulip.
Appearance - Pours a very dark brown colored beer, nearing black but not as ominous as other engine oil doppelgangers. A thin finger of tan head is poured, resting briefly before dissipating.
Smell - Cold brew coffee basically. The bottle after opening smells that way, in the glass it smells that way. Cold brew coffee with some extra coffee grounds, possibly one dimensional, but when that one dimension is so good... it doesn't matter.
Taste - Lots more cold brew coffee, a small subtle hint of vanilla in there somewhere (or maybe it's my imagination). Well done, but one dimension on flavor doesn't go quite as far as one excellent one on the nose.
Mouthfeel - A little fizzy and bubbly, I'm strangely reminded of tonic water. Otherwise feel is thin (again like cold brew coffee). Wasn't expecting big and robust, but after the nose and even the taste, this is a small setback.
Overall - A good coffee stout that replicates the aromas and flavors to some extent of cold brew coffee. Deliciously roasty on the nose and while a little thin and fizzy, this is still a positive first step from an up and coming brewery. Looking forward to trying more from these guys and will have to visit the brewery one of these days too.
Sep 10, 2017Appearance - Pours a very dark brown colored beer, nearing black but not as ominous as other engine oil doppelgangers. A thin finger of tan head is poured, resting briefly before dissipating.
Smell - Cold brew coffee basically. The bottle after opening smells that way, in the glass it smells that way. Cold brew coffee with some extra coffee grounds, possibly one dimensional, but when that one dimension is so good... it doesn't matter.
Taste - Lots more cold brew coffee, a small subtle hint of vanilla in there somewhere (or maybe it's my imagination). Well done, but one dimension on flavor doesn't go quite as far as one excellent one on the nose.
Mouthfeel - A little fizzy and bubbly, I'm strangely reminded of tonic water. Otherwise feel is thin (again like cold brew coffee). Wasn't expecting big and robust, but after the nose and even the taste, this is a small setback.
Overall - A good coffee stout that replicates the aromas and flavors to some extent of cold brew coffee. Deliciously roasty on the nose and while a little thin and fizzy, this is still a positive first step from an up and coming brewery. Looking forward to trying more from these guys and will have to visit the brewery one of these days too.
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