Jah-va Imperial Coffee Stout
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.60
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Three thousand feet above sea level in the misty mountains of Jamaica, some of the worlds finest Arabica beans are hand picked on their way to becoming Blue Mountain Coffee. Halfway around the world, plump spring barley grows to maturity in the loamy soil of North America while aromatic hops are cutivated to exacting standards. Here in our kettles, these three special ingredients are blended to create a heady mixture of sweet sugar, dark roast, and complex flavor. Please enjoy this brew in moderation.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours dark with a smallish tan head. Aroma is - shockingly - coffee and malts. Flavor is chocolate, coffee and malty. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 00:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
bottle courtesy of HogTownHarry! Pours jet black, looks like motor oil tiny little brown head. aroma is obviously big coffee, chocolate, and i’m getting some soy sauce? flavour is deep coffee, chocolate, and some smoke in there. Its really quite sweet. palate is uber thick! this is really nice stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2025
at 05:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Apr 2007
This one pours from 22oz bottle a pitch black with a very small head of foam. That soon shrunk toi just a small island...is that Java? ;^)
The smell is huge! Lots of coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, caramel malt, and some alcohol but the first thing I thought of when I took my first whiff was how much it smelled like a fine Port.
The taste is kind of overwhelmingly sweet on first sip. There's a ton of sweet caramel malt, chocolate and molasses and a very strong alcohol presence followed by a good coffee flavour. Further sips in and the coffee becomes a bit more assertive while the sweetness is offset by roasted malt and some hop bitterness, especially near and through the finish.
Bottom line: At 12%abv, this one is definitely a sipper but it's a good sipper and one that I would enjoy again if given the opportunity.
Thanks to Nutbrown for this sample!!
This one pours from 22oz bottle a pitch black with a very small head of foam. That soon shrunk toi just a small island...is that Java? ;^)
The smell is huge! Lots of coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, caramel malt, and some alcohol but the first thing I thought of when I took my first whiff was how much it smelled like a fine Port.
The taste is kind of overwhelmingly sweet on first sip. There's a ton of sweet caramel malt, chocolate and molasses and a very strong alcohol presence followed by a good coffee flavour. Further sips in and the coffee becomes a bit more assertive while the sweetness is offset by roasted malt and some hop bitterness, especially near and through the finish.
Bottom line: At 12%abv, this one is definitely a sipper but it's a good sipper and one that I would enjoy again if given the opportunity.
Thanks to Nutbrown for this sample!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2017
at 10:54
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Home. Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, expresso, little chocolate. Flavor is light sweet, malts, black coffee, expresso, dark chocolate, alcohol. Medium to full body, soft carboantion, warming alcohol in the finish. 110510
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2015
at 05:59
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Roasted coffee smell, rich coffee taste blends well with chocolate roasted malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2014
at 07:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 3/6/2012. Pours pitch black color with a small dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, cocoa, toast, light char, dark bread, caramel, toffee, floral, light vanilla, and roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roasted malt and coffee notes; with good strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, cocoa, milk chocolate, toast, light char, dark bread, caramel, toffee, floral, vanilla, and roasted earthiness. Light amount of coffee bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark/milk chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, cocoa, toast, caramel, toffee, floral, dark bread, vanilla, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of big chocolate/roasted malt and coffee flavors; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and slightly chalky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent coffee stout!(even with the age). Great complexity and balance of roasted malt and coffee flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the gravity. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2013
at 00:41
8/10
Tried
on 12 Apr 2013
at 21:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours dark with a small, dark tan head. Dark fuit, slightly sour, licorice aroma. Taste is creamy, lightly bitter chocolate and coffee...roasty. A little too sweet and boozy.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2013
at 16:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille 22oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry ou Blankboy. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de café noir espresso et de café moka, de chocolat noir, de malt rôti , d’alcool doux, légèrement fruité (prunes) avec des notes de caramel et de houblon herbeux aux notes résineuses. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture crémeuse et légèrement liquoreuse. Goût légèrement fruité (cerises noires, notes de raisins vineux et de prunes) avec des notes de vanille et des traces de chocolat au lait lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute très rapidement un goût amer de café espresso, de malt rôti aux faibles notes terreuses et brûlées, léger de caramel toffee sucré et de chocolat noir. Parallèlement l’on retrouve un goût réchauffant d’alcool et uen moyenne amertume de houblon hebreux aux notes résineuses et légèrement asséchante jusqu’en finale. Post-goût long et un peu sec, amer de café, de rôti, d’alcool doux et de houblon avec des notes de chocolat et de faibles notes fruitées.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2013
at 01:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Second Southern Tier imperial stout I’ve had this weekend. Smell is pretty light in this for the style. Pours pretty black, without much head. Aroma has coffee taste and some vanilla. Sweet and bitter in the taste. Strong alcohol taste.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2012
at 20:26