Sufferfest Beer Company
Client Brewer
in
San Francisco,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Established in 2016
Contact
2147 Greenwich St, San Francisco, CA, 94123, United States
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 8/6/2019. Pours crystal clear very dark reddish brown color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roasted coffee, coconut, vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, pepper, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/black/bready malts, coffee, coconut water, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roasted coffee, coconut, vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, pepper, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, woody, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roasted coffee, coconut, vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread/crust, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, pepper, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/black/bready malts, coffee, coconut water, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent session American coffee stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/black/bready malts, coffee, coconut water, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and pretty refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/charred/drying finish. Great soft feel, very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of nicely rich malts, fruity/nutty coffee, and coconut water flavors; with nice earthy hop presence/balance, and restrained fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressively spot on style example. One of the best gluten reduced beers I have had.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 04:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 8/2/2019. Pours fairly crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and honey; with lighter notes of wood, peppercorn, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance of pale/wheat malts, honey, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of big lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and honey; with lighter notes of wood, peppercorn, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, pear, red apple, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, honey, wood, peppercorn, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of pale/wheat malts, honey, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, and moderately bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 3.5%. Overall this is an excellent German kolsch style. All around great robustness and balance of pale/wheat malts, honey, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great clean malt/honey showcase; with balancing earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example. One of the best gluten reduced beers I've ever had.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 04:26
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Black currant, salt, light biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Amber with purple tint and moderate light tan head. Lightly sweet black currant, biscuit malt, lightly salty, and mildly bitter dry hay/grass flavor. Okay body. Pleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 03:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Coconut, coffee, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Dark brown with large brown head. Mildly sweet toasted coconut, coffee, chocolate malt, and dry hay flavor. Very light body. Decent.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2019
at 03:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Fine gold pour with large puffy white head. Nose is faints hops and honey. Taste of light honey and touch of light grass and hops. Thin bodied. Not quite crisp enough.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2019
at 02:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Torpedo Room. Pours brassy gold with a white head. Aroma is very lightly bready with a little Noble hop and a hint of citrus. Med body. Flavor matches the aroma, tho the breadiness becomes a touch grainy. Not bad. Clean and crisp. Dry. Mildly bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2019
at 20:47
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Light lemon, barley malt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with large white head and mild effervescence. Soapy lemon, light malt, and mildly bitter/metallic dry hay flavor. Very light body. Very light and not particularly pleasant.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2019
at 01:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Total Wine in Roseville, CA. Pours copper tinged gold with a foamy/fizzy/bubbly white head. Not a large head either. Red berry aroma. There's a sugary underpinning. Med body or nearly. Flavor is clearly black currant. It's a little jammy. Sort of dry without being dry. A bitter note. Malt is hard to parse out - but it's there. Interesting how the currants tend to dominate the beer, yet in a subtle way.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Feb 2019
at 02:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Whole Foods in Folsom, CA. Pours bright gold with a fizzy/creamy white head. Aroma is bready, and there does seem to be a touch of honey. Medium body, more or less. Flavor is bready, and there is something else - not particularly much in the way of hop - tho a bit of Sazz might be present. I'm getting something on my lips that makes me think of honey. Whatever. This has more character than most Kolsch ales I've had, and it's actually a decent drink. Surprising, that.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Feb 2019
at 04:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours translucent gold with a white head. Mild mixed fruits aroma. Med body or nearly. Flavor is a breadiness with enough spice to suggest rye - and citrus and something that could be tropical. Rather fresh, crisp and clean. Although the flavors are not intense, they are much stronger than the typical gold/blonde ale. The rye spice aspect is particularly attractive. Finishes bitter. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2017
at 22:42