20 oz. Bottle
Was looking for something new to celebrate my birthday with last week, the word cappuccino caught me by surprise.
Pours a dark brown, close to black, I'd say just about the color of a nice espresso. Some light tan foam at the top, about an eighth of an inch of it. Smells predominantly of fresh roasted coffee, with some roasted malt and bitter dark chocolate in there as well. The scent on this one is really nice though, like opening a new can of ground espresso coffee beans. Very strong coffee on the first taste, chocolate and roasted malt in there as well. There is a little bit of a milky sweetness as well, but the taste seems like it should be espresso stout rather than cappuccino stout. On the back end, you get some espresso bitterness works really nicely with the fading sweetness of the chocolate and milk. As the beer warms up, the sweetness becomes a little more profound, it does begin to taste very much like a cappuccino. I'm really enjoying the balance of this beer, and the strength of the individual flavors. For 9.2%, the alcohol is very well hidden, carbonation is light/moderate. Leaves your mouth feeling like you just drank espresso: nice warm bitter espresso flavor.
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Was looking for something new to celebrate my birthday with last week, the word cappuccino caught me by surprise.
Pours a dark brown, close to black, I'd say just about the color of a nice espresso. Some light tan foam at the top, about an eighth of an inch of it. Smells predominantly of fresh roasted coffee, with some roasted malt and bitter dark chocolate in there as well. The scent on this one is really nice though, like opening a new can of ground espresso coffee beans. Very strong coffee on the first taste, chocolate and roasted malt in there as well. There is a little bit of a milky sweetness as well, but the taste seems like it should be espresso stout rather than cappuccino stout. On the back end, you get some espresso bitterness works really nicely with the fading sweetness of the chocolate and milk. As the beer warms up, the sweetness becomes a little more profound, it does begin to taste very much like a cappuccino. I'm really enjoying the balance of this beer, and the strength of the individual flavors. For 9.2%, the alcohol is very well hidden, carbonation is light/moderate. Leaves your mouth feeling like you just drank espresso: nice warm bitter espresso flavor.
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
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