Surly Brewing Company Cacao Bender

Cacao Bender

 

Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

  Brown Ale Rotating
Score
7.40
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 45 Ticks: 44
Our oatmeal brown ale gets aged on cacao nibs and vanilla (beans, not extract) and finished with cold press coffee, yielding a lush, cappuccino-like creaminess. Also, it’s pronounced ka-COW.
 

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

Tap. Pours dark reddish brown with a medium light brown head. Aromas of fruity coffee, dates, malt, chocolate, light hoppy, cocoa powder. Taste has bread, caramel, toast, light hops, coffee, dark fruits.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:54


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

On nitro tap at Surly, pours a deep dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma brings out plenty of cocoa powder upfront, followed by coffee. Flavour is along the same lines, with cocoa and coffee in good proportion. Creamy and smooth. Highly drinkable stuff.

Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2018 at 06:21


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Tried on 13 Sep 2018 at 13:14


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Nitro pour, large creamy tan head, great lacing. Aroma is roasty cocoa, lactose, hints of coffee, vanilla. Flavor is medium sweet, very light bitter, rich and creamy. Medium body, silky mouthfeel.

Tried on 04 Jan 2017 at 11:41


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

Minnesota Trip Beer #29. Keg at Surly, 5/8/16. Dark brown, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of strong coffee, chocolate, vanilla, roasted malts. The taste is coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, caramel, oats. Medium bodied.

Tried on 30 Sep 2016 at 23:58


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ CBC 2016 [ Yellow Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Oksnehallen Vesterbro, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As Surly Cacao Bender ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, coffee, cacao, vegetable coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, coffee - cacao, dusty, vegetable coffee, roasted - dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160513]

Tried on 30 Sep 2016 at 12:15


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

On tap at Darkness Day. Pours a dark brown with medium creamy tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong mocha, vanilla bean, roast. Medium body, nice sweetness, roast, vanilla, light bitter finish, very nice.

Tried from Draft on 24 Sep 2016 at 15:27


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

On tap at CBC 2016, yellow session. Pours brown with ruby haze. Off-white head. Roasted malts, coffee, cocoa, vanilla. Sweetish. Dry bitter finish. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 06 Sep 2016 at 15:03


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average mderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 27 Aug 2016 at 08:48


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

Tap @ Mikkeller, Aarhus. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are cocoa, roast malt, coffee, fruits, hops and has a nice sweet cocoa finish.

Tried from Draft on 21 Aug 2016 at 09:44