Big Bad Baptist - Blue Copper Mexican Blend
Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series|
Score
7.74
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Release #70
Marked: BC Mexican
This year’s Big Bad Baptist features three coffee roasters, Blue Copper Coffee from Salt Lake City, Novo Coffee based in Denver, and Dark Horse Coffee out of San Diego. We’ve worked with each roaster to select a coffee blend that enhances the flavor profile of the Imperial Stout coming out of the cask.
From Blue Copper, we feature their Mexican & Guatemalan Blend as well as a batch with their El Salvador Blend. We worked closely with the roasters at Blue Copper to fine tune these coffees to accentuate the fruity notes found in both the roasted barley and cacao nibs with hits of Bergamot, Cardamom, and under ripe stone fruit.
Our good friends at Novo take their espresso blend, Ethiopia, Columbia, and Panama origins, just a little darker than normal to highlight rich notes of milk chocolate, caramel toffee, and blueberry which play wonderfully with the vanilla and toasted marshmallow flavors from the whiskey casks.
A new partner with us this season is Dark Horse Coffee from San Diego and they’re roasting some prenominal coffee. After tasting through their lineup we decided their “Best Friend Blend” was well suited to Big Bad Baptist and our partnership too. The blend is a combination of Guatemalan and Brazilian origins which offers a rich chocolate flavor and toasted nut aroma to the beer, similar to toffy or Christmas peanut brittle.
Big Bad Baptist is on its way across the country now and will be appearing on shelves during October. Double Barrel Big Bad Baptist and Big Bad Baptista will follow shortly with releases in November. Be sure to look for 2016 Rare Release labels and don’t forget to grab an extra for the cellar
Marked: BC Mexican
This year’s Big Bad Baptist features three coffee roasters, Blue Copper Coffee from Salt Lake City, Novo Coffee based in Denver, and Dark Horse Coffee out of San Diego. We’ve worked with each roaster to select a coffee blend that enhances the flavor profile of the Imperial Stout coming out of the cask.
From Blue Copper, we feature their Mexican & Guatemalan Blend as well as a batch with their El Salvador Blend. We worked closely with the roasters at Blue Copper to fine tune these coffees to accentuate the fruity notes found in both the roasted barley and cacao nibs with hits of Bergamot, Cardamom, and under ripe stone fruit.
Our good friends at Novo take their espresso blend, Ethiopia, Columbia, and Panama origins, just a little darker than normal to highlight rich notes of milk chocolate, caramel toffee, and blueberry which play wonderfully with the vanilla and toasted marshmallow flavors from the whiskey casks.
A new partner with us this season is Dark Horse Coffee from San Diego and they’re roasting some prenominal coffee. After tasting through their lineup we decided their “Best Friend Blend” was well suited to Big Bad Baptist and our partnership too. The blend is a combination of Guatemalan and Brazilian origins which offers a rich chocolate flavor and toasted nut aroma to the beer, similar to toffy or Christmas peanut brittle.
Big Bad Baptist is on its way across the country now and will be appearing on shelves during October. Double Barrel Big Bad Baptist and Big Bad Baptista will follow shortly with releases in November. Be sure to look for 2016 Rare Release labels and don’t forget to grab an extra for the cellar
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep jet brown with a rich light brown head. Intense roast coffee and dark chocolate Dark chocolate and bitter chocolate with a touch of acid and fruitiness. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2019
at 06:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is big coffee rich chocolate. Taste is nice sharp coffee chocolate plenty of roast.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2019
at 21:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at PreFunk. BBB is always good, Mexican coffee here adds a nice layer of sweeet and bitter that is not over the top, but pulls out the best from the base beer. Hint of cinnamon gives it a mild spicy vibe.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2019
at 02:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap black pour, minimal head. Nice dark roast coffee blend. Big on both and balanced well. Quite well attenuated for such a high grav beer. Very good dark bitterness at the end. Just well made and perfectly balanced all around.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2018
at 23:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared on Level 42, Christmas tasting 18/12/2017. Many thanks! A jet black coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is woody pencil, bark, bal. brown sugars, earthy coffee bean, bark. Flavour is composed og medium sweet, praline, woody coffee, praline. Palate is medium sweet, grainy, green coffee. woody. Woody. spicy woody, pum and bery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 18:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Dave for sourcing. Pours clear, deep brown with a creamy, khaki head. Rich coffee in the nose, some green pepper, cocoa. Medium sweet flavour with some baking cocoa, burnt toast, creamy coffee, raisins. Medium to big bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, with further rich coffee, earth, chocolate. Really fun stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 15:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle split at the L42 Xmas Boost Up '17, thanks to the Wingmane, 18/12/17. Pitch black with a decent tan cap that retains well. Nose is big roast, coffee bean, spice, light boost, toffee, roasted malts. Taste comprises coffee grinds, spice, dark chocolate, mellow roast, cacao nibs, light black peppery spice, toffee fudge, toasted brown sugar. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a rising boost. Solid impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 14:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at L42. It pours darkest brown with a small tan head. The aroma is soft, sweet, oily, juicy, cookie dough, fudge, date, chocolate brownie, vanilla, oak and gateaux. The taste is slick, oily, rich roasted malt, chocolate gateaux, vanilla, maltesers, toasted nut, warming alcohol and dried fruits with a slicky, oily finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Filthy boost juice. Good fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 14:37
10/10
Tried
on 18 Dec 2017
at 14:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
650 ml bottle marked BC Mexican, release #70. Pours a jet black color with a small beige head. A huge roasted malt nose, coffee, spices. Damn this is one hot beast! The coffee ain’t keeping me upright after finishing this...haha. A big rich sweet spicy coffee flavor, chocolate, light peppers. Damn beastly. Hot licorice and vanilla. Big sweet hot barrel. Quite nice. Very mellowed compared to regular versions of the baptist not in turns of heat but the coffee is more mellow which makes it easier for me to drink. Lovely beer. Super sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2016
at 01:26