Cultivate Coffee Stout
Drafting Table Brewing Company in Wixom, Michigan, United States πΊπΈ
Collab with: Cultivate Coffee & TaphouseStout - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.31
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This American stout is roasty, toasty, and chocolatey and was brewed with our friends at Cultivate Coffee & Tap House in Ypsilanti, MI.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into snifter, no can dating. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger dense/creamy/rocky tan head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Amazing appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, molasses, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, molasses, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, woody, herbal, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread/crust, licorice, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome hop/char bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, bready, sticky, chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is a fantastic American style coffee style. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/charred/drying finish. Great soft feel, and not overly aggressive. Fantastic balance of super rich malts, fruity/nutty coffee complexity, and earthy hops; with mild fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering hop/char bitter dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding American style example. Really spot on stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2019
at 02:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has bitter coffee and roasted malts with a creamy chocolate backbone. Flavor has a nice coffee note with roasted malts, chocolate and dark grains supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2018
at 19:12