Imperial Crème Brûlée Java Stout
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company in Warren, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.42
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Coffee. Chocolate. Caramel. Vanilla. You’re used to seeing a lot of these terms when describing stouts. These are not just descriptors; they are ingredients. “Java,” as we call it, has become a crowd favorite by perfectly balancing the sweet and the roast, thanks to the use of Creme Brule coffee. The aroma and flavor are a coffee, chocolate or dessert-lover’s dream in a glass
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours a deep brown with a decent head that dies back slowly to maybe a half finger or so. A bit of lacing on the glass, but not to much on that front. Aromas are more coffee based than I expected... I was paying more attention to the Cremè Brûlée on the label and figured this would be cloying on the nose. Instead I'm greeted with a pleasant mix of coffee and sweet notes (smells kind of like a café cubano to me) with a touch of chocolate and vanilla. Flavor is a little less pleasant. It's sharp at times, watery at times, bitter at times, but it doesn't seem to come together cohesively. It's nice but I was hoping for a little better offering from Kunhenn.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2026
at 01:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Tavour: pours blackish with a beige head. Aroma is coffee, custard, dark chocolate. Not too sweet, some bitterness. Plenty of dark chocolate. Roasty. Not too thick.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2025
at 02:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can from Tavour
Appearance: dark brown with a thin tan head
Aroma: coffee, vanilla, chocolate, roasty
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Appearance: dark brown with a thin tan head
Aroma: coffee, vanilla, chocolate, roasty
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 28 Nov 2025
at 23:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
12 oz can. Aroma has notes of coffee, cocoa, vanilla, gun metal, bell pepper, burnt caramel. Pours very dark brown to black with a thin beige head that settles into a ring quickly. Taste is bittersweet and roasty. Palate is a little thin and watery.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 27 Nov 2025
at 03:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can from Tavour. Dark brown pour with minimal head. Sweet aroma, chocolate. Taste is sweet, chocolaty, light sugary notes.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2024
at 03:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a creamy dark tan head that persisted. Aroma of coffee and dark toffee. Full bodied or nearly. Flavor is coffee and dark toffee. More dry than sweet. Coffee bitterness. Almost quaffable.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2024
at 01:22
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can Beer Republic 2024-03-02 Göteborg AR: nice coffey, but lack of body and ABV AP: dark brown, no head F: nice coffey, but lack of body and ABV
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2024
at 20:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can picked up from Beer Republic webshop Breda Netherlands and consumed sat in Frank near Re(h)serviert Wirsthaus (stealth camping as camping is strictly forbidden here) at Oberfrauenau, Bayerisch Wald Thursday 11th January 2024. Pours black with little or no head. Wow so much coffee, nice steady roasty bitterness with no cloying sweetness, very good particularly for being a straight down the road coffee impy stout. I'm not picking up too much crème brûlee but frankly I don't care I finished off with a crème brûlee in the restaurant earlier. Btw this is a lovely no messing coffee stout.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2024
at 16:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught@CBC2016. Black colour, mnediumiszed brown head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, some toffee and mild rhum/sherrylike notes along with some vanilla. Flavour is roasted malts, coffee, toffee, burnt wood and some slight alcohol.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2023
at 21:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 25 Jun 2023
at 18:31