Brash Brewing Company - Texas Exile (2014)

This beer by Brash Brewing Company of Houston Texas

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
The quality of the cold brewed coffee that goes into Texas Exile is important to us. That’s why we hooked up with MA coffee roaster Barismo. These guys are as serious about coffee as we are about beer. About 33 gallons of cold brewed coffee goes into each batch of Texas Exile right before fermentation, adding the perfect compliment to the brown sugar and oatmeal flavors of this huge imperial porter. Breakfast just got a punch in the neck.

This is a high alcohol beer at 10.5% 

The appearance Pours a 99% opaque black color with a 1/4 inch light brown head that retains a bit before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass

The aroma of this is of orange zest, dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, black cherry, chicory, and roasted clove

The taste of this beer is of dark chocolate with some char, liquid smoke. There is no taste of the coffee and is very thick and has notes of orange blossom, black cherry, and oak with a very bitter roasted hop aftertaste that last till the finish

I did not like this beer in any way

 

Smog City Brewing - Coffee Porter

This beer By Smog City Brewing in Torrance California is a 2012 Gold Medal Winner of the Great America Beer Festival in Denver Colorado 

According to Smog City, They say this Beer  

"A coffee-beer, rather than a beer with coffee. A robust porter aged on fresh locally roasted, fair trade ground coffee. Enhanced flavors of chocolate, roasted malt, and of course coffee are present. "Like a chocolate covered espresso bean."

The coffee used in this beer is from Groundworks Coffee Roasters in North Hollywood, California

Each barrel of beer is loaded with over five pounds of fresh coffee, enhancing the notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt and its native coffee character. 

This beer has an appearance dark brown, nearly black body with a thick film of foamy head 

The nose of this has a distinct roasted coffee like its of instant with a bit of dark fruit aspect like of prune and black current, milk chocolate, roasted malt, licorice root, and cork

The flavor of this beer has notes of Brazilian coffee, coca powder, saffron, cinnamon, coriander, cream, blood orange, soil, and oak

Eagle Rock Brewery - Stimulus

The idea of this beer was more than just accentuate a “roasty” flavor. The coffee used in this beer is produced by Intelligentsia are so nuanced and flavorful that they wanted to accentuate those flavors and find complementary components could draw  in the beer.                  

The appearance of this beer is of clear light amber to crisp copper orange with a medium head

The aroma of this beer has Subtle coffee notes with malt, pear, germ apple, tobacco, and navel orange

The flavors of this coffee are of tart citrus like of white grapefruit, light coffee, yeast, prune, red apple, white pepper, vanilla extract, malt, allspice, and organ

Crazy Mountain Brewing Co. - SnowCat Coffee Stout

This is a winter brew made by Crazy Mountain Brewing Co. and Vail Mountain Coffee & Tea Co. located in Edwards and Minturn Colorado. 

The coffee used was an Ethiopia Yirgacheffe at a medium - dark roast and 100% Summit Hops.

The name of this beer is from "The Midnight Marauders - who flatten snow in the wee hours, as they ascend without fear into darkness" 

The Appearance of the beer is Dark chocolate in color that is transparent , with a moderate, tan head. 

The Aroma of this beer is like of toasted almond, bitters, coca nibs, demerara sugar, malt, and a slight berry note. 

This beer has a smoky taste like of hickory, The coffee is not as prominent as I hoped but there is a citrus note that comes through like of Kumquat along with berry notes of blackberry and strawberry. There is a distinct hop note to this and this tart and vegetable like. 

Hanger 24 - Cask: Altbier with Augie’s Ethiopian Roast Coffee

On Friday the 28th of 2014 Hanger 24 in Redlands released a single Twin Engine Cask that was tapped at 4pm. This beer featured their Alt-Bier Amber Ale with additions of Augie’s Ethiopian Roast Coffee. 

The Appearance of the beer is copper colored, with a moderate, off-white head. 

The Aroma of this beer is like of toast, green grape,  apple, chamomile, brown sugar, a malt aroma with a barely-there hint of caramel.

This beer is light with the coffee being very mellow.  The coffee notes of berry and cocoa nibs come through with the hops tasting of lemon grass not being overpowering. There is a tartness about this beer that almost feels like a light brewed nitro coffee with little carbonation and a creamy mouth feel. Continuing to drink this the berry notes come out as blackberry and the carmel notes of the beer. At the end of this beer the tartness of the hops is the key player with the coffee flavors mostly gone. There is a flavor of radish , salt, cardamom, and mint that does come through if you sip this and let it develop in your mouth.