Santa Fe Brewing Company Imperial Java Stout

Imperial Java Stout

 

Santa Fe Brewing Company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
7.45
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 75
This is the kind of beer that gives the word "stout" a reputation. Extra generous quantities of barley malt, followed by vigorous fermentation leaves this "imperial" heavy weight with 8% alcohol A.B.V. and a body as full as chocolate bread pudding. A complimentary and complex array of bitter notes comes form potent American hops, earthy British hops, black-roasted malts and, of course, coffee. Santa Fe Brewing Company uses only top-quality ingredients like organically grown East Timor coffee beans blended with New Guinea coffee beans, locally roasted by O’hori’s Coffee House. Its heavenly flavor and aroma can’t be beat or imitated.
 

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7.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small light brown color; aroma of roast, roasted grain; somewhat smooth palate; intense, balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish

Tried from Draft at Tap That Downtown (Phoenix) on 03 Nov 2025 at 01:01


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Canned. Dark brown pour. White head. Dark roasty malts and coffee aroma and bitter chocolate aftertaste good.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:17


7.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown with a frothy, beige head. Aroma a mix of coffee and chocolate, and makes pleasant sniffing. Taste is strongly roasted and bitter with lingering coffee and a mild tartness at the finish. Medium-bodied and a touch flabby for an impy. Not bad.

Tried on 06 Feb 2023 at 17:43


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

can. Black pour with a medium sized tan head. The aroma is big and bold with dark roasted coffee, coffee grounds and some burnt grains. The taste echoes the nose with a big coffee and espresso blast. The coffee in the taste is much smoother than I was prepared for--based on the nose I expected this to be harsh. The palate is full and creamy with soft carbonation. Finished long with lingering coffee, Overall: decent--first rate coffee stout.

Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2023 at 20:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12oz can pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice big coffee some rich roast notes. Taste is more of the nice roast coffee rich malts and some chocolate.

Tried from Can on 16 Oct 2022 at 21:51


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dark brown, little head to it. Medium body. Straightforward coffee stout. Bitter coffee nose, coffee malt taste. Mildly bitter finish. This is more stout than imperial stout.

Tried on 03 Mar 2020 at 02:30


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 oz can from Total wine. whiel not normally a coffee beer guy, this one piqued my interest as it was a Top 50 beer for New Mexico. Dark brown with a beige head, clumpy lacing. Aroma features a nice blend of roast malts and coffee. Taste has the coffee a bit more prominent, but still the coffee bitterness blends nicely with the roast for a well balanced brew.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2020 at 05:30


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Lots of coffee and less roast. Like burnt coffee, Starbucks style. Pours black with pillow of mocha foam. Bitter finish. Can from out west.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2018 at 00:01


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 oz can shared at the November DC RateBeer tasting. Dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of coffee, roast. Tastes of coffee, roast, malt. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2017 at 13:47


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz can at the November DC Ratebeer tasting. Poured a dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma was roasted coffee. COffee roast, some light chocolate notes. Creamy, easy to drink.

Tried from Can on 20 Nov 2017 at 00:18