Unrepentant
The Bobcat Café & Brewery

Worth the trip.

These scores were taken from notes found from tasting this at the Extreme Beer Festival and which scores were never previously entered. Notes show that the overwhelming characteristic was a very average beer that has an extremely average coffee tone. Nothing special here - not bad, just not good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On tap @ the brewpub on 7/16/11. Served in a pint glass. ABV was listed as 4.2%.

This initially pours a cola-like dark brown but holding it up to the light actually reveals a deep ruby body. This is topped with thin frothy head of eggshell-white colored foam. The retention has a bit of a light look to it, leaving back an equally smallish smattering of lace. The pepper jumps right out in the nose, quickly followed by underlying notes of roast and cocoa. Hops add a layer of green tanginess to this. I would have to say however that the spices are probably the most distinguishing thing about the nose here.

The taste has a sweet cocoa base to it, surrounded on the edges by notes of roasted coffee. A green citric hop profile runs through this, adding a light earthy bite to this. The finish is lingers with dry roast and light peppery warmth. The mouthfeel is light bodied, with a prickly tingle to the carbonation along the back of the throat. Unfortunately, while I appreciate the low alcohol presence here, this just had too much of a thin and watery feel to the body for my taste.

While initially being excited to try this based on the beer list description of it, I unfortunately found this to be rather bland and uneventful on the palate, which coupled up with that light feel to really make for an overall boring drinking experience. As I mentioned before, I appreciated the effort to make this session strength, but the fullness and feel to make that worthwhile just wasn’t there.

Reviewed from my tasting notes of a decent sized sample I consumed at an epic tasting event held with the members of the SMBDC. This sample was poured from a growler supplied by VTBobcat himself.

The beer is colored black, with a small brown head. It has a smokey pepper aroma. The initial taste is a mild dark malt sweetness. The finish is chocolate (this batch was "dry nibbed"), with some ginger flavors in the middle. The initial sweetness definitely drops off by the end of the sip. The beer has a medium body and low carbonation. It's a very drinkable beer that hides the alcohol well. I went back for seconds!

I was not sure what to expect from this one by the description. Mark does not make bad beer so I figured what the heck, I'll try one.

The pour was dark and seductive with a rich brown head.

The aroma was that of both coffee and chocolate.

Now the taste was a complete mind blower, a nice dry stout with deep chocolate notes with a peppery presence.

This stout was so dry that the flavors really had a chance to show thier strengths without any sweetness to overwhelm them.

I found this beer a perfect pairing for the three pepper dipping sauce with the falafel bites.

This beer is hearty, yet very drinkable.

On tap poured into a pint glass. Called a Belgian styled chocolate pepper stout.

Pours a dark black color with some dark ruby notes on the rim. No head to speak of but some light white lacing on the edges. Nose is pretty tame, malty and sweet with some smokiness.

Wow! Cho-co-late! This thing is all cocoa, then you get a tinge of nice sharp pepper. very nice and creamy, super rich and drinkable. Carbonation is light - perfect for the style.