Jahva (Imperial Coffee Stout)
Poured into a tulip from a 22oz bomber. A: Very, very dark brown. As stouts go, I've seen darker/blacker. 1 finger, thick tan head. S: Very little coffee to me at all. When I drink a coffee stout, I like to really get a strong aroma of ground coffee/espresso. This really doesn't give it to me at all. I get more malt, brown sugar, dark fruits. T: Much like the nose, hardly any coffee/espresso whatsoever. This is much maltier to me than I'm used to in a beer of this style. I get a lot of dark brown sugar, molasses, a little chocolate, dark fruits/plums/raisins etc. But just not the coffee that I'm looking for. Don't get me wrong...I do like the taste of the beer, but it just kind of misses the "coffee" mark and I don't like it as a "coffee stout" very much. M: A little on the thick/syrupy side for me. Definitely sticks around for a while. Overall, I've definitely had better coffee stouts. As a beer, I do like it but again as a COFFEE beer, not so much. It's really almost more of a Doppelbock with a hint of coffee tossed in to me. I'd probably drink it again (seeing as how I bought 2 bottles when I found it), but not for the coffee and I can't say I'd go out of my way to seek it out.