Double Latte

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Double Latte

• Brewery: Sierra Nevada and Ninkasi Brewing Company

• Style: Milk Stout

• ABV: 7.6%

• IBU: 60

• Pour Color:Dark black color with no light getting thru.

       A big head came up on this beer and lasted most of the glass. A very formidable foe! A nice chocolate and coffee flavor comes through. A real dark color to this beer and even the head had a nice brown color. The body of the beer is richer but not as thick as I expected from a milk stout. Nice roasted flavor to the whole brew. The sweet character of the milk also comes through. A good milk stout and dark beer from a pack that really seems hop forward so far.
       First dark beer outta this pack and I was all sorts of excited. Every burly hair was waiting for the first sip. The head even when bested was leaving lacing down the whole glass. The mouth feel is the one thing that seemed wrong with this one. Yes it was thicker then most I feel it could have went heavier on that lactose sugar. Slightly creamy feel but just not enough for me. The coffee and roasted malts definitely came through clearly in this one. Really great beer but there and back is still number one in this pack!

Rating: ****1/2

Breakfast Stout

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Breakfast Stout

• Brewery: Founder's Brewing Company (Michigan) 

• Style: Imperial Stout

• ABV: 8.3%

• IBU: 60

• Pour Color: Black through and through!

      The pour came out a deep black that even held up to light you couldn't see. The head wasn't anything spectacular, it was half a finger. Not much of a match for the mustache. The scent is a deep roasted scent. You also catch a slight coffee chocolate mix off the top. The coffee and the chocolate come through very bitter on taste. Strong smokey roasted flavors are complimented with a nice earth hop flavor. You also get a strong flavor of the alcohol in this one. Over all really delicious!
      They call this a breakfast stout. The coffee flavor works that way easy. I can't see myself drinking this in the mourning though. It's got a nice thick body, like you would want from a early drinking day, but way to strong. With the high ABV you're not gonna drink to many in a day. The taste of alcohol makes it hard to drink early too. I think as a night cap though, PERFECT!

Rating: ****1/2

Java Head

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Java Head

• Brewery: Troegs Brewing co. (Pennsylvania)
  

• Style: Coffee Stout

• ABV: 7.5%

• IBU: 60

• Pour Color: A black as night beer letting no light through

      The head after the pour was pretty good on this one. After a few sips it was still hanging in there too. The color of this one made you sure it was a stout. Black as night and light didn't penetrate it at all. The scent of malts comes off the glass. The taste of caramel and toffee comes up front. The chocolate and coffee flavors bittered it out slightly. The citrus hop flavor helps balanced it all together. The body of this one helps it out too. Thick and rich it just helps that chocolate taste even more.
      Another delicious coffee flavored beer. As usual, I thought it was worth the money, and full of the flavors I love. This one was a dark chocolate taste that most beers can't achieve. Mix that with the nice roast of the coffee and this is one of my favorite beers, and one of my favorite styles. 

Rating: ****