Federation Giant

Poured up at Ratebeer Best 2017 Beer Fest where it exhibits a dark mahogany colored body that supports a thin mocha colored head. The aroma offers up nice earthy coffee notes that border on being rich and indulgent. It’s kind of dark roasted coffee and burnt malts and a nice layer of dark roasted malts. The taste delivers smoothness with dark roasted malts and dark roasted coffee. The coffee gets a little richer and a touch oily to midway. It kind of stays that way right into the finish. Pretty nice easy drinking Imperial Stout that pulls out a bit of chocolate every now and then too.

[1/26/17] Draught at Fogbelt Brewing in Santa Rosa. Black with a tan head. Big coffee aroma, roast. Sweet flavor with roast, lots of coffee, lactose, some chocolate.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a very dark brown with medium beige head. The aroma is roast coffee and cracker. Medium body, roast, dark chocolate, wood, dry finish, good.

Draft. Blackish beer with a tan head. Coffee aroma. Coffee flavor with toffee and roast. Medium-plus bodied. Coffee lingers with tofee, light nuttiness, and roast.

Draft at brew Santa Rosa. Murky mid brown colours pour, oily, halo of beige head. Aroma is some hot alcohol, wood, cigar box, cedar, pine needle. Flavour is composed of hint of raw coffee bean, pine, nutty toffee, some milky coffee. Palate is semi sweet, little flabby, moderate carbonation. Quite interesting.