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Off The Cuff
Two Brothers Brewing Company
- From:
- Two Brothers Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 13.07%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 11, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From old, undated notes. Poured from the bottle.
Black liquid.
Khaki head; no lace.
Chocolate & light heat in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Mild chocolate; hint of hot pepper & banana.
Complex yet drinkable.
Jun 11, 2019Black liquid.
Khaki head; no lace.
Chocolate & light heat in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Mild chocolate; hint of hot pepper & banana.
Complex yet drinkable.
Reviewed by nmann08 from Virginia
3.58/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From a bottle, pours jet black with a wispy and bubbly off white head.
The smell is mostly coffee, bitter dark chocolate, green peppers and roast. The green peppers gives a vegetal indication that doesn't necessarily fit. The flavor is cocoa, green peppers, dry chocolate powder. Overall, this is good, but the ingredients aren't complementing each other, but rather fighting for attention.
Dec 22, 2014The smell is mostly coffee, bitter dark chocolate, green peppers and roast. The green peppers gives a vegetal indication that doesn't necessarily fit. The flavor is cocoa, green peppers, dry chocolate powder. Overall, this is good, but the ingredients aren't complementing each other, but rather fighting for attention.
Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois
3.71/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
22 oz. bottle, with no apparent bottled on date present. Copyright 2013 printed on the label. Grabbed one of the last remaining bottles of this from the local beer store. I'm expecting it to have mellowed a bit during it's time in the bottle.
Poured into a clear balloon snifter.
A - Pours a dark chocolate brown with three big fingers of fluffy creamy mocha head. Some nice spotty lacing left on the glass. Well carbonated, I'd say, even after a year in the bottle. Looks very nice.
S - The smell is kind of subdued, but nice - mild dark coffee / barley roast, cream, lactose, milk chocolate, & maybe just the slightest bit of vegetal chiles, but there is no noticeable heat present on the nose.
T - Taste follows the nose - chocolate, cocoa, coffee, barley roast, mild lactose / creaminess, but again no real noticeable chiles, heat, or spice is noticeable for me. I'm guessing the time spent in the bottle has just mellowed the spice, and I'm not disappointed. Very mild warmth is noticeable in there on end, but the cocoa is dominant.
M - The feel is creamy, smooth, and medium bodied. Good solid carbonation. Coffee bean / chocolate roastiness leftover on the palate.
Overall, a lovely stout from Two Brothers, even if it isn't the first thing I'd think of when I hear the words "spicy cocoa stout". Still going strong even a year later, but I don't recommended holding down bottles of this much longer.
Two Brothers Off The Cuff ---4/5.
Apr 25, 2014Poured into a clear balloon snifter.
A - Pours a dark chocolate brown with three big fingers of fluffy creamy mocha head. Some nice spotty lacing left on the glass. Well carbonated, I'd say, even after a year in the bottle. Looks very nice.
S - The smell is kind of subdued, but nice - mild dark coffee / barley roast, cream, lactose, milk chocolate, & maybe just the slightest bit of vegetal chiles, but there is no noticeable heat present on the nose.
T - Taste follows the nose - chocolate, cocoa, coffee, barley roast, mild lactose / creaminess, but again no real noticeable chiles, heat, or spice is noticeable for me. I'm guessing the time spent in the bottle has just mellowed the spice, and I'm not disappointed. Very mild warmth is noticeable in there on end, but the cocoa is dominant.
M - The feel is creamy, smooth, and medium bodied. Good solid carbonation. Coffee bean / chocolate roastiness leftover on the palate.
Overall, a lovely stout from Two Brothers, even if it isn't the first thing I'd think of when I hear the words "spicy cocoa stout". Still going strong even a year later, but I don't recommended holding down bottles of this much longer.
Two Brothers Off The Cuff ---4/5.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.87/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Off the Cuff is a nice play on some of the recent chili porter and stout type beers. The beer pours an opaque black with tan head that is not leaving much of a lace. The scent carries milk chocolate. The taste is a interesting combo of chocolate and chili type spice with hints of roast and peat. The mouthfeel is fuller in body with smooth carbonation. Overall this is a nice beer and glad to have the chance to part take.
Mar 02, 2014
Off The Cuff from Two Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
59 ratings
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