Heights - Coffee
Wax Wings Brewing Company

 

Dark and opaque pour and glass appearance; thin head, primarily relatively thick ring circling the inside of the glass, lasting. Deep, rich dark malt sweetness; mild sense of bourbon. Mind-blowing taste; rich milk chocolate steeped with coffee and whiskey; subliminal bitterness. Dense, chewy mouthfeel; liquid chocolate fudge; viscous and sticky.

Oh, my. What a fantastic barrel aged and coffee adjudicated imperial stout. Amazingly complex with superlative taste and mouthfeel. Feed your need for such a beer.

ABV: 14%; pouring temperature: 51.5 °F; bottling info: 2025
Source: Tavour

A - Pours a deep dark brown with a thin creamy tan head. Light amount of soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is dark roasted coffee, vanilla and bourbon barrel.

T - The taste heavy black coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate, caramel and some light barrel heat.

M - Medium body with medium/low carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a nice slick finish.

O - This is a top notch BBA coffee stout.

2022 vintage; consumed on 7/25/2023

Pours a silky, jet-brown body capped with just shy of two fingers of soapy, beige foam; decent head retention leaves a half-finger of cap, large, creamy collar, and chunky rings of webby lacing comprehensively encircling the walls of the glass.

Aromas of extensive nougat and cocoa wafers open, with a background of (slightly peppery) coffee roast lingering as hints of burnt sugar and gooey vanillins intertwine with a chocolate fade on the back end.

Taste brings caramel and vanilla upfront, accented with cocoa-tinged coffee grounds and slight barrel oak; nougat meets hints of bourbon over the mid-palate as notes of milk chocolate finish with a steadily building sweetness.

Mouthfeel offers a medium body and an effortless fluff of moderate carbonation, leaving a vague stickiness settling to a drying roast over the mid-palate, remaining slightly slick as textures firm into the finish.

Reliance on overindulgent sweetness solicits a sloppily rendition of an otherwise decadent expression, expressive in flavor yet little in the way of focused cohesion.

poured from a 500mL red-waxed bottle into a perennial snifter. served close to room temp. pours a very light brown but gathers in the glass with a thin sandy brown foam cap. decent lacing and a thick collar around the rim of the glass. spicy bourbon and spicy coffee on the nose but as it warms the coffee offers a more fruit forward expression. chocolate covered oranges even. i also get cherry and plum flavors too. quite complex even if it leans in that direction as supposed to a richer, chocolatier bean. it was a fairly thick and full mouthfeel. barrel and oak on the finish and that’s one thing i will say this beer has a lot of from aromas and flavor to finish is a good bourbon barrel presence. really good intro into this brewery for me and already can’t wait to try more!