Masthead Brewing Company Single Origin Coffee Stout - Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

Single Origin Coffee Stout - Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

 

Masthead Brewing Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout Regular
Score
7.44
ABV: 6.9% IBU: 30 Ticks: 13
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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Sampled on draft at Vintage Estate this beer poured a black color with a small foamy tan head that left great lacing. The aroma was breweed coffee and wood. The flavor was bitter burnt brewed coffee, wood, vanilla, anise and roasty malts. Long finish. Medium body --- Beer merged from original tick of Single Origin Coffee Stout (Ethiopian Yirgacheffe) on 15 Jun 2025 at 23:50 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6. Original review text: black color with a small foamy tan head that left great lacing. The aroma was breweed coffee and wood. The flavor was bitter burnt brewed coffee, wood, vanilla, anise and roasty malts. Long finish. Medium body
Tried from Draft on 01 Apr 2018 at 19:31

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 ounce nitro can into imperial pint glass, canned on 11/29/2017. Pours lightly hazy opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and creamy khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big nutty medium roasted coffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, cream, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of vanilla, smoke, dark fruit, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and coffee notes; with great strength. Taste of big nutty medium roasted coffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, cream, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of vanilla, smoke, dark fruit, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal hop and roasted coffee bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of nutty coffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, cream, dark/brown bread, light vanilla/smoke, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and coffee flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet balance; and zero cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Mild carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, and rich mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild sticky hops, chalky roast, and dryness. Zero warming alcohol for 6.9%. Overall this is a outstanding coffee stout! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and coffee flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; with the mildly bitter/drying and silky nitro finish. Tons of great fruity/nutty coffee complexity, with a spot on base beer in malt complexity; seems to be a milk stout. Interesting that this does not have a widget, just a regular can. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2018 at 19:12

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sample at the brewpub. Brown-black color with a medium foamy beige head that recedes gradually to a film. Patchy lacing on the glass. Roasted coffee, malt and chocolate aroma. Medium body with flavors of earthy coffee, roast malt and bittersweet chocolate. The finish is roasty with a lingering smoky coffee and malt aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried on 09 Aug 2017 at 10:55