Cacao Bender
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Rotating|
Score
7.42
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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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7.5/10
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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
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught@CBC2016. Deep coppery brown colour, small brown head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, some toffee and earth. Flavour is coffee, liquorice, some mild alcohol and a bit nutty notes.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2016
at 01:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ CBC 2016. Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma of malt, wood, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, light vegetables notes. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, coffee, chocolate, cocoa. Medium body, soft to average carbonation, dry finish. 130516
Tried
on 13 Jul 2016
at 13:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ CBC 2016, Yellow session, København
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, coffee, caramel, cocoa and chocolate. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long coffee, cocoa and chocolate. Taste is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, coffee, caramel, cocoa and chocolate. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long coffee, cocoa and chocolate. Taste is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2016
at 10:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
CBC. Dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, bread, vegetables, hop and cocoa. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, bread, medium sweet, hop, vegetables, coffee, medium sweet, cacao and a little bitter.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2016
at 13:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016 - Yellow session. Dark brown to black color with beige head. Roasted malty aroma, coffee, cocoa, caramel. Sweet and biter taste like aroma. Light to medium thin to oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2016
at 15:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at CBC ’16, Yellow session. Mahogany coloured body, low tan-coloured head, solid lacework. Brown malty nose with impact of coffee. Mixed taste profile of coffee, nuts and cocoa. Mid-sweet brown malty ending. Gentle and nice (Øksnehallen, Copenhagen 13.05.2016).
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2016
at 01:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
tap @CBC16. Clear, dark copper, small beige head. Aroma has cocoa and coffee, some nuts. Flavour is nutty with cocoa and roast. rather light.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2016
at 14:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at CBC 2016. Brown, thin tan head. Cocoa, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, some vanilla.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2016
at 11:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
CBC2016. Klare orange braune Farbe, mittelgroße bräunliche Schaumkrone. Geruch nach Kaffee und Schokolade. Geschmack Kaffee Sahne, Vanille.
Tried
on 13 May 2016
at 16:10