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: ****

Vanilla Java Porter

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Vanilla Java Porter

• Brewery: Atwater Block Brewery (Michigan) 
  

• Style: Java Porter

• ABV: 6.0%

• IBU: 12

• Pour Color: A brown color once poured in the glass.

      Once opened and poured this one gives off that great coffee scent. A nice tone of chocolate comes off the glass too. The head didn't really come to fruition but left a creamy foam on the top of the beer. As it splashed up the vanilla was all I could taste at first. A strong taste of extract more then anything. After the first few sips the coffee and chocolate taste come forward with a nice roasted smoke. The vanilla really is the only down side of this nice full bodied beer. 
      Michigan checks in with this one. Really bold flavors and a thick full bodied beer. I found the vanilla to taste to extract like though. Maybe if it was toned back it wouldn't have almost a maple end to it. Pretty good overall if your looking to drink one. Two or Three may get a little heavy on a mustache.

Rating: ***

Oatmeal Stout

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Oatmeal Stout
  

• Brewery: Wolaver's (Vermont)

• Style: Stout

• ABV: 5.9%

• IBU:40

• Pour Color: Pour is black and lets little light through

      The beer pours black like a good stout should. The head was fluffy but didn't last long. As Face brought it up to me I could smell the roasted malts and a coffee scent. On the sip you realize how full bodied the oats make this one. A nice almost gritty feeling in the mouth. chocolate and coffee make up most the flavor on sip. Although the smoke of the roasted malts is hard to ignore. This one is a really good stout that most mustache's can appreciate.
      This one is more of a coffee beer then the Alta Gracia. A delicious dark beer that really isn't that hard to drink. Some darker beers have to thick a body. This one though is really nice and creamy not just thick. Really the best beer out of this sampler and a great beer that I would go back to again and again.

  

Rating: ****1/2

Alta Gracia Coffee Porter

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Alta Gracia Coffee Porter
  

• Brewery:Wolaver's (Vermont)

• Style: Coffee Porter

• ABV:6.6.%

• IBU:64

• Pour Color: A brownish red color that light still gets through

      A nice pour and color to this coffee porter. Didn't know what to expect cause it was on the lighter side of the porters I've seen. A nice chocolate and caramel scent off the top the glass. The head started fluffy but disappeared quickly. The taste was a nice sweet malty taste. Coffee, chocolate and caramel are accompanied by a nice smoked taste. An amazing balanced coffee porter that most couldn't pull off.
      As a huge fan of coffee beers I was excited to try this one. A real nice balance and a good coffee taste is what I got, and honestly what more can you ask for.  It's easy drinking not being to thick or dark and really refreshing. This mustache enjoys it greatly.

  

Rating: ****