Willettized Coffee Stout (2017)
(Batch of Willettized)
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.61
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Our Friends over at Kentucky's own Willett Distillery have one kind of barrel: wood. And they put two things in them: Bourbon and Rye. We were fortunate enough to get some of their Rye barrels, and we put our Imperial Stout in them. It's chocolatey, coffee-y, smoky, Rye-y beast of a barrel-aged thing. Word.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Opaque black color, small brown colored head. Aroma and flavor are malts, light dark malts and roast, nicely bitter, some umami notes. Decent body and firm carbonation. Nice.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2025
at 00:13
8/10
Dark black bod sml tan head. Roast choc toffee arma. Roast choc coffee whiskey flav. Med full bod mod carb. 8/5/8/4/16 4.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2018
at 00:03
8/10
Tried
on 31 Mar 2018
at 17:22
8/10
Booze smoothes over as you consume. Bourbon, chocolate. Very good. Especially on a 9° night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2018
at 20:42
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2017
at 17:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Bottle sent by Lagunitas for comment. I needed to pour this pretty full before it would kick up any head, and there it is, tan and rather short-lived. Solid black body, and a very heady alcohol nose. Smell has some strong coffee to it, but it’s more of a roast note that goes with the black malt rather then blending with the alcohol like Kahlua. Taste is also quite strong, and sticky. Toasty coffee blends with the black malt. Yes, deep and roasty, but the overall effect is quite smooth. Good dessert or holiday sampling beer.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2017
at 06:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Craft Brewed. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of beige head that lingers. Big whisky forward nose: tobacco, oak, vanilla, chocolate, tea and caramel. Lots of whisky on the palate, peat, faint smoke and coffee. A big roasty finish, with coffee flavors abound. Pretty awesome for the price. Nice stuff.
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from Bottle
at
Craft Brewed
on 08 Dec 2017
at 23:27