Right Brain Brewery CEO Stout

CEO Stout

 

Right Brain Brewery in Traverse City, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
7.02
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 25 Ticks: 28
A light bodied American Style Stout brewed with locally roasted espresso beans from Roaster Jack Coffee Co. This beer was designed to be sessionable and consumed every day of the year, including summer. CEO stands for chocolate, espresso, & oatmeal. This is the perfect beer to start drinking in the morning. And yes, there is caffeine. This is Right Brain's #1 selling beer!
 

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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can sampled @ Hopishop #3. Black syrup with no head. Nose is umami, herbal, coffee beans are big but they are more herbal rather than fresh roast. Taste is same big overly herbal coffee, dangerously close to vegetable, herbal, coffee, syrup, low chocolate, some roast. Big herbal coffee body. Espresso beans are a big here but too herbal for me, as opposed to fresh roast (not sure what the right term is but you know what I mean). Overall okay but should have been better.
Tried from Can on 08 May 2016 at 02:00

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
can - Black pour, tan head with a pleasant roast malt and coffee aroma. It has a robust dark roast malt and coffee flavor with some chocolate character. Full flavored and very drinkable. Well done.
Tried from Can on 22 Nov 2015 at 14:53

2/10
Tried on 13 May 2015 at 20:12

8.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle thanks to George. Pours a dark brown with beige head. The aroma is strong coffee and chocolate. Medium mouth feel, rich chocolate, strong coffee roast, light bitterness, really enjoyed this one.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2015 at 18:52

6.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
16oz can via the Mystery Box BIF. Pours a murky, opaque black with some creamy, brown head. Nose is a mix of molasses, licorice, roasted grains, mild coffee bean, some brown sugar, quite a bit of bread crust, even a little wet earth. Flavor is a bit more straight forward, malty, mild brown sugar, molasses, coffee, burnt toast, bread crust. Dry finish. Very drinkable, but I would like a bit more coffee.
Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2014 at 14:22

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz can. Pours dark brown to black with a light tan head. Milk cocoa and coffee aroma. Similar flavors, with a lighter palate. Pretty nice.
Tried from Can on 26 Sep 2014 at 22:57

8.3/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Coffee, ash and chocolate malt aroma. Black with nice tan head. Sweet creamy coffee, light dark chocolate malt and mildly bitter herbal/ash flavor. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2014 at 17:08

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can. Aroma has a nice coffee forward character. Light roast notes with some fruitiness and nuttiness from the coffee. Medium light chocolate notes. Light fruit esters. Pours black with a moderately thick, light mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers. Light lacing and faint legs. Flavor has a nice light sweetness with a solid amount of chocolate and light roast notes. Moderately strong coffee character contributes nice complexity. Medium light bitterness. Some lingering roast character with hints of astringency. Light fruit esters. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly creamy with medium carbonation. Medium low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty good beer with a nice aroma and flavor upfront. The finish is a bit bitter and astringent and reminds me of old coffee grinds, but thankfully its not overpowering. Good but not amazing. Just tried this again and its not nearly as astringent and much less bitter. This has really helped the beer. My new rating has been changed from a 3.4 to a 3.8 to reflect that.
Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2014 at 21:44

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample at Kurtkeller 015: Coffee-tastic 02 on 07/05/2014. Brownish-black color with a medium beige head that diminishes steadily to a film. Stringy lacing. Aroma of chocolate, coffee and malt. Light to medium body with a roasty character of coffee and malt, with touches of chocolate. The finish is dry with a cocoa and espresso aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2014 at 11:08

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Reviewed from notes. Rcvd in trade.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking dark brown to black colored body with a fairly nice lookin’ one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute.
The aroma had a nice roasty to somewhat bitter smelling coffee/somewhat light chocolatey-goodness just rolling all around my nose.
The taste took those smells and just basically really shook them all about to blend to taste and really shake things up a bit.
On the palate, this one sat a light to medium and showed a fairly decent sessionability to hold itself up against other stouts.
Overall, I say this was not a bad American Stout, seek and you shall find a much worthy stout to enhance your beer tasting experience.
Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2014 at 04:57