Cafe Royale
AleWerks Brewing Company in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
7.80
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a nice medium size dark brown foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of very nice aromatic coffee notes with some light bourbon notes and light vanilla. Taste is a very smooth mix of bourbon and aromatic coffee with well rounded roasted malt with light vanilla and bourbon finish. Body is quite full with nice creamy texture and some good carbonation. Very well brewed with great balance and easily drinkable while being quite complex at the same time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2011
at 19:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Robert. Pours black. Brown head. Nose and taste of bourbon barrel, roast chocolate malt, ultra fresh coffee beans and vanilla. Body is a bit thin. Bourbon overpowers at times due to the thinness of the body. Otherwise, excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2011
at 15:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz bottle. Poured as close to pitch-black as possible. Head was small, dark brown, compact. Aroma was was heavy on the roasted malts, chocolate malts, notes of coffee, vanilla, and of course bourbon. This one was not too bitter, and the bourbon barrel did not overpower the brew as you can sometimes find with some barrel beers that haven’t been cellared for long. Alcohol is low enough that the entire bottle can be enjoyed without that feeling you get from extremely high alcohol stouts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2011
at 00:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to captaincougar. Pours with a thick and inky black body with a small brown head that fades relatively quickly. Glass coating. Aromas of roasted coffee beans, green, vanilla bean, espresso, caramel gelato, strong mineral/stone notes and light oak. Maybe some dark fruit and licorice. Flavors of vanilla, toasted coconut, java, coffee, vanilla creme brulee. Huge, nearly exaggerated vanilla flavors. Kahlua. Very little barrel character. Light bubbles, big body. Very velvety texture. A very solid beer overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2010
at 22:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Big thanks to dkachur for this! Poured black with a small dark brown head that dissipated quickly to the edges. Aroma had a nice mixture of dark grains, dark fruit, coffee and a bourbon backing. Flavor began with dark fruit and roasted malts, but a coffee note grew with a nice backing bourbon note throughout to give the beer a bit of sweetness.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2010
at 19:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Strong aroma of dark roasted coffee, tar, and tobacco. Coal black and headless.Strong coffee flavor initially with cherry and licorice at midpalate. Smoky bark and mulberry in the finish. Alcohol is well concealed, medium bodied. Intense and flavorful without being a chore. Silky texture. I didn’t taste actual bourbon, just some of the fruity esters one might find in bourbon, which is perfect for me. Excellent!
Tried
on 31 Oct 2010
at 06:20
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Served on draft at the River Bend Beer Festival, Scottsville, VA, 9/17/10. Pours pitch black so that not even the sun can penetrate through. Large dark brown head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bourbon, chocolate, coffee and wood. The taste is whisky, caramel, chocolate, bitter coffee, apples, cinnamon and a faintly sweet finish. Complex, well balanced, medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
I’ve had this many time since the initial rating, and simply... wow. Old rating is 4.2. New one will be somewhere North of that.
I’ve had this many time since the initial rating, and simply... wow. Old rating is 4.2. New one will be somewhere North of that.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2010
at 14:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery on 09/08/2010. Dark black body with a medium creamy brown head. Big coffee and roast aroma with chocolate and some woody notes. BIg coffee, vanilla, roast, chocolate, and light wood flavor. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 18:39